Optical Image Capturing System

ABSTRACT

A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens element with refractive power, a second lens element with refractive power, a third lens element with refractive power, a fourth lens element with refractive power, a fifth lens element with refractive power and a sixth element lens with refractive power. At least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from Taiwan Patent Application No.105129855, filed on Sep. 13, 2016, in the Taiwan Intellectual PropertyOffice, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in itsentirety for all purposes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present disclosure relates to an optical image capturing system, andmore particularly to a compact optical image capturing system which canbe applied to electronic products.

2. Description of the Related Art

In recent years, the popularization of portable electronic devices withcamera functionalities has spurred the demand for optical imagecapturing systems. The image sensing device of ordinary photographingcamera is commonly selected from charge coupled device (CCD) orcomplementary metal-oxide semiconductor sensor (CMOS Sensor). Owing tothe advancement in semiconductor devices manufacturing technology, thepixel size of the image sensing device is gradually minimized, and thisallows more pixels to be squeezed into the image sensing device.Therefore, more and more high resolution optical image capturing systemsare developed, and the bar for the image quality of the optical imagecapturing system is raised accordingly.

Conventional optical image capturing systems of portable electronicdevices usually adopt four-lens or five-lens designs. However, since theresolution of the portable electronic devices is improving constantly,not to mention more and more end-users are demanding for cameras havinglarge aperture, which is equipped with functionalities such as low lightmode or night mode, the optical image capturing systems of the state ofthe art may not be sufficient to meet those advanced photographyrequirements.

Therefore, it is a pressing issue to come up a way to effectivelyincrease the amount of light admitted into the optical image capturingsystem and improve the image quality thereof.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aspect of embodiment of the present disclosure directs to an opticalimage capturing system and an optical image capturing lens which usecombination of refractive powers, convex and concave surfaces ofsix-piece optical lenses (the convex or concave surface in thedisclosure denotes the change of geometrical shape of an object-sidesurface or an image-side surface of each lens element at differentheights from an optical axis) to increase the amount of light admittedinto the optical image capturing system, and to improve quality of imageformation, so that the optical image capturing system can be disposed inminimized electronic products.

Furthermore, when it comes to certain application of optical imaging,there will be a need to capture image via light sources with wavelengthsin both visible and infrared ranges, an example of this kind ofapplication is IP video surveillance camera, which is equipped with theDay & Night function. The visible spectrum for human vision haswavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm, but the image formed on thecamera sensor includes infrared light, which is invisible to human eyes.Therefore, under certain circumstances, an IR cut filter removable (ICR)is placed before the sensor of the IP video surveillance camera, inorder to ensure that only the light that is visible to human eyes ispicked up by the sensor eventually, so as to enhance the “fidelity” ofthe image. The ICR of the IP video surveillance camera can completelyfilter out the infrared light under daytime mode to avoid color cast;whereas under night mode, it allows infrared light to pass through thelens to enhance the image brightness. Nevertheless, the elements of theICR occupy a significant amount of space and are expensive, which impedeto the design and manufacture of miniaturized surveillance cameras inthe future.

The aspect of embodiment of the present disclosure directs to an opticalimage capturing system and an optical image capturing lens which utilizethe combination of refractive powers, convex surfaces and concavesurfaces of four lens elements, as well as the selection of materialsthereof, to reduce the difference between the imaging focal length ofvisible light and imaging focal length of infrared light, in order toachieve the near “confocal” effect without the use of ICR elements.

The terms and their definition for the lens element parameters in theembodiment of the present invention are shown as below for furtherreference.

The Lens Element Parameters Related to the Magnification of the OpticalImage Capturing System

The optical image capturing system may be designed and adapted for thebiometric technology, for example, facial recognition. When theembodiment of the present disclosure is configured to capture image forfacial recognition, the infrared light may be adopted as the operationwavelength. For a face of about 15 centimeters (cm) wide at a distanceof 25-30 cm, at least 30 horizontal pixels can be formed in thehorizontal direction of an image sensor (pixel size of 1.4 micrometers(μm)). The linear magnification of the infrared light on the image planeis LM, and it meets the following conditions: LM≧0.0003, where LM=(30horizontal pixels)*(1.4 μm pixel size)/(15 cm, width of the photographedobject). Alternatively, the visible light can also be adopted as theoperation wavelength for image recognition. When the visible light isadopted, for a face of about 15 cm wide at a distance of 25-30 cm, atleast 50 horizontal pixels can be formed in the horizontal direction ofan image sensor (pixel size of 1.4 micrometers (μm)).

The Lens Element Parameter Related to a Length or a Height in the LensElement

For visible spectrum, the present invention may adopt the wavelength of555 nm as the primary reference wavelength and the basis for themeasurement of focus shift; for infrared spectrum (700 nm-1300 nm), thepresent invention may adopt the wavelength of 850 nm as the primaryreference wavelength and the basis for the measurement of focus shift.

The optical image capturing system may include a first image plane and asecond image plane. The first image plane may be an image planespecifically for the visible light, and the first image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transferrate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency has a maximum valueat the central field of view of the first image plane; the second imageplane is an image plane specifically for the infrared light, and secondimage plane is perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focusmodulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequencyhas a maximum value in the central of field of view of the second imageplane. The optical image capturing system may also include a firstaverage image plane and a second average image plane. The first averageimage plane may be an image plane specifically for the visible light,and the first average image plane is perpendicular to the optical axis.The first average image plane may be installed at the average positionof the defocusing positions, where the values of MTF of the visiblelight at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and the 0.7 fieldof view are at their respective maximum at the first spatial frequency.The second average image plane is an image plane specifically for theinfrared light, and the second average image plane is perpendicular tothe optical axis. The second average image plane is installed at theaverage position of the defocusing positions, where the values of MTF ofthe infrared light at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, andthe 0.7 field of view are at their respective maximum at the firstspatial frequency.

The aforementioned first spatial frequency may be set to be half of thespatial frequency (half frequency) of the image sensor (sensor) used inthe present invention. For example, for an image sensor having the pixelsize of 1.12 μm or less, the quarter spatial frequency, half spatialfrequency (half frequency) and full spatial frequency (full frequency)in the characteristic diagram of modulation transfer function are atleast 110 cycles/mm, 220 cycles/mm and 440 cycles/mm, respectively.Lights of any field of view can be further divided into sagittal ray andtangential ray.

The focus shifts where the through-focus MTF values of the visiblesagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the optical image capturing system are at theirrespective maxima, are denoted by VSFS0, VSFS3, and VSFS7 (unit ofmeasurement: mm), respectively. The maximum values of the through-focusMTF of the visible sagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 fieldof view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by VSMTF0, VSMTF3, andVSMTF7, respectively. The focus shifts where the through-focus MTFvalues of the visible tangential ray at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the optical image capturingsystem are at their respective maxima, are denoted by VTFS0, VTFS3, andVTFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. The maximum values of thethrough-focus MTF of the visible tangential ray at the central field ofview, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by VTMTF0,VTMTF3, and VTMTF7, respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofboth the aforementioned focus shifts of the visible sagittal ray atthree fields of view and focus shifts of the visible tangential ray atthree fields of view is denoted by AVFS (unit of measurement: mm), whichequals to the absolute value |(VSFS0+VSFS3+VSFS7+VTFS0+VTFS3+VTFS7)/6|.

The focus shifts where the through-focus MTF values of the infraredsagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the optical image capturing system are at theirrespective maxima, are denoted by ISFS0, ISFS3, and ISFS7 (unit ofmeasurement: mm), respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofthe aforementioned focus shifts of the infrared sagittal ray at threefields of view is denoted by AISFS (unit of measurement: mm). Themaximum values of the through-focus MTF of the infrared sagittal ray atthe central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view aredenoted by ISMTF0, ISMTF3, and ISMTF7, respectively. The focus shiftswhere the through-focus MTF values of the infrared tangential ray at thecentral field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of theoptical image capturing system are at their respective maxima, aredenoted by ITFS0, ITFS3, and ITFS7 (unit of measurement: mm),respectively. The average focus shift (position) of the aforementionedfocus shifts of the infrared tangential ray at three fields of view isdenoted by AITFS (unit of measurement: mm). The maximum values of thethrough-focus MTF of the infrared tangential ray at the central field ofview, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by ITMTF0,ITMTF3, and ITMTF7, respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofboth of the aforementioned focus shifts of the infrared sagittal ray atthe three fields of view and focus shifts of the infrared tangential rayat the three fields of view is denoted by AIFS (unit of measurement:mm), which equals to the absolute value of|(ISFS0+ISFS3+ISFS7+ITFS0+ITFS3+ITFS7)/6|.

The focus shift (difference) between the focal points of the visiblelight and the infrared light at their central fields of view (RGB/IR) ofthe entire optical image capturing system (i.e. wavelength of 850 nmversus wavelength of 555 nm, unit of measurement: mm) is denoted by FS,which satisfies the absolute value |(VSFS0+VTFS0)/2−(ISFS0+ITFS0)/2|.The difference (focus shift) between the average focus shift of thevisible light in the three fields of view and the average focus shift ofthe infrared light in the three fields of view (RGB/IR) of the entireoptical image capturing system is denoted by AFS (i.e. wavelength of 850nm versus wavelength of 555 nm, unit of measurement: mm), which equalsto the absolute value of |AIFS−AVFS|.

The maximum height of an image formed by the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by HOI. The height of the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by HOS. The distance from the object-side surface ofthe first lens element to the image-side surface of the sixth lenselement is denoted by InTL. The distance from an aperture stop(aperture) to the first image plane is denoted by InS. The distance fromthe first lens element to the second lens element is denoted by In12(example). The central thickness of the first lens element of theoptical image capturing system on the optical axis is denoted by TP1(example).

The Lens Element Parameter Related to the Material in the Lens Element

An Abbe number of the first lens element in the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by NA1 (example). A refractive index of the first lenselement is denoted by Nd1 (example).

The Lens Element Parameter Related to View Angle in the Lens Element

A view angle is denoted by AF. Half of the view angle is denoted by HAF.A major light angle is denoted by MRA.

The Lens Element Parameter Related to Exit/Entrance Pupil in the LensElement

An entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system isdenoted by HEP. The maximum effective half diameter (EHD) of any surfaceof a single lens element refers to a perpendicular height between theoptical axis and an intersection point, and the intersection point iswhere the incident ray with the maximum angle of view passes through theoutermost edge of the entrance pupil and intersects with the surface ofthe lens element. For example, the maximum effective half diameter ofthe object-side surface of the first lens element is denoted by EHD 11.The maximum effective half diameter of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted by EHD 12. The maximum effective halfdiameter of the object-side surface of the second lens element isdenoted by EHD 21. The maximum effective half diameter of the image-sidesurface of the second lens element is denoted by EHD 22. The maximumeffective half diameters of any surfaces of other lens elements in theoptical image capturing system are denoted in the similar way.

The Lens Element Parameter Related to the Arc Length of the Lens ElementShape and the Outline of Surface

The length of the maximum effective half diameter outline curve at anysurface of a single lens element refers to an arc length of a curve,which starts from an axial point on the surface of the lens element,travels along the surface outline of the lens element, and ends at theintersection point that defines the maximum effective half diameter, andthis arc length is denoted as ARS. For example, the length of themaximum effective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surfaceof the first lens element is denoted as ARS11. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted as ARS12. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted as ARS21. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted as ARS22. The lengths of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of any surface of other lenselements in the optical image capturing system are denoted in thesimilar way.

The length of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of anysurface of a single lens element refers to an arc length of curve, whichstarts from an axial point on the surface of the lens element, travelsalong the surface outline of the lens element, and ends at a coordinatepoint on the surface where the vertical height from the optical axis tothe coordinate point is equivalent to ½ entrance pupil diameter; the arclength is denoted as ARE. For example, the length of the ½ entrancepupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the object-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted as ARE11. The length of the ½ entrancepupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted as ARE12. The length of the ½ entrancepupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the object-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted as ARE21. The length of the ½ entrancepupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the image-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted as ARE22. The lengths of the ½ entrancepupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of any surfaces of the other lenselements in the optical image capturing system are denoted in thesimilar way.

The Lens Element Parameter Related to the Surface Depth of the LensElement

The distance paralleling an optical axis, which is measured from theaxial point on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element to theterminal point of the maximum effective half diameter outline curve onthe object-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted by InRS61(depth of the EHD). The distance paralleling an optical axis, which ismeasured from the axial point on the image-side surface of the sixthlens element to the terminal point of the maximum effective halfdiameter outline curve on the image-side surface of the sixth lenselement is denoted by InRS62 (depth of the EHD). The depths of the EHD(sinkage values) on any surfaces of other lens elements in the opticalimage capturing system are denoted in similar way.

The Lens Element Parameter Related to the Shape of the Lens Element

The critical point C is any point but the axial point on a surface of aspecific lens element, where the tangent plane to the surface at thatpoint is perpendicular to the optical axis. Therefore, the perpendiculardistance between the critical point C51 on the object-side surface ofthe fifth lens element and the optical axis is HVT51 (example). Theperpendicular distance between a critical point C52 on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element and the optical axis is HVT52(example). The perpendicular distance between the critical point C61 onthe object-side surface of the sixth lens element and the optical axisis HVT61 (example). The perpendicular distance between a critical pointC62 on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and the opticalaxis is HVT62 (example). The perpendicular distances between thecritical point on the image-side surface or object-side surface of otherlens elements and the optical axis are denoted in similar fashion.

The inflection point on object-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF611, and the sinkagevalue of that inflection point IF611 is denoted by SGI611 (example). Thesinkage value SGI611 is a horizontal distance paralleling the opticalaxis, which is measured from an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the sixth lens element to the inflection point nearest to the opticalaxis on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element. The distanceperpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection point IF611 andthe optical axis is HIF611 (example). The inflection point on image-sidesurface of the sixth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis isdenoted by IF621, and the sinkage value of that inflection point IF621is denoted by SGI621 (example). The sinkage value SGI621 is a horizontaldistance paralleling the optical axis, which is measured from the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element to theinflection point nearest to the optical axis on the image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element. The distance perpendicular to the opticalaxis between the inflection point IF621 and the optical axis is HIF621(example).

The inflection point on object-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF612, and thesinkage value of that inflection point IF612 is denoted by SGI612(example). The sinkage value SGI612 is a horizontal distance parallelingthe optical axis, which is measured from an axial point on theobject-side surface of the sixth lens element to the inflection pointnearest to the optical axis on the object-side surface of the sixth lenselement. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point IF612 and the optical axis is HIF612 (example). Theinflection point on image-side surface of the sixth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF622, and the sinkagevalue of that inflection point IF622 is denoted by SGI622 (example). Thesinkage value SGI622 is a horizontal distance paralleling the opticalaxis, which is measured from the axial point on the image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element to the inflection point second nearest to theoptical axis on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element. Thedistance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection pointIF622 and the optical axis is HIF622 (example).

The inflection point on object-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is third nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF613, and thesinkage value of that inflection point IF613 is denoted by SGI613(example). The sinkage value SGI613 is a horizontal distance parallelingthe optical axis, which is measured from an axial point on theobject-side surface of the sixth lens element to the inflection pointthird nearest to the optical axis on the object-side surface of thesixth lens element. The distance perpendicular to the optical axisbetween the inflection point IF613 and the optical axis is HIF613(example). The inflection point on image-side surface of the sixth lenselement that is third nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF623,and the sinkage value of that inflection point IF623 is denoted bySGI623 (example). The sinkage value SGI623 is a horizontal distanceparalleling the optical axis, which is measured from the axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the inflection pointthird nearest to the optical axis on the image-side surface of the sixthlens element. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point IF623 and the optical axis is HIF623 (example).

The inflection point on object-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF614, and thesinkage value of that inflection point IF614 is denoted by SGI614(example). The sinkage value SGI614 is a horizontal distance parallelingthe optical axis, which is measured from an axial point on theobject-side surface of the sixth lens element to the inflection pointfourth nearest to the optical axis on the object-side surface of thesixth lens element. The distance perpendicular to the optical axisbetween the inflection point IF614 and the optical axis is HIF614(example). The inflection point on image-side surface of the sixth lenselement that is fourth nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF624,and the sinkage value of that inflection point IF624 is denoted bySGI624 (example). The sinkage value SGI624 is a horizontal distanceparalleling the optical axis, which is measured from the axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the inflection pointfourth nearest to the optical axis on the image-side surface of thesixth lens element. The distance perpendicular to the optical axisbetween the inflection point IF624 and the optical axis is HIF624(example).

The inflection points on the object-side surface or the image-sidesurface of the other lens elements and the perpendicular distancesbetween them and the optical axis, or the sinkage values thereof aredenoted in the similar way described above.

The Lens Element Parameter Related to the Aberration

Optical distortion for image formation in the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by ODT. TV distortion for image formation in theoptical image capturing system is denoted by TDT. Furthermore, thedegree of aberration offset within the range of 50% to 100% field ofview of the formed image can be further illustrated. The offset of thespherical aberration is denoted by DFS. The offset of the comaaberration is denoted by DFC.

An optical image capturing system is provided in accordance with thepresent disclosure. In the order from an object side to an image side,the optical image capturing system includes a first lens element, asecond lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, afifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a first image plane, and asecond image plane. The first image plane is an image plane specificallyfor the visible light, and the first image plane is perpendicular to theoptical axis; the through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF)at the first spatial frequency has a maximum value at the central fieldof view of the first image plane; the second image plane is an imageplane specifically for the infrared light, and second image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transferrate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency has a maximum valueat the central of field of view of the second image plane. The firstthrough fifth lens elements all have refractive powers. The focallengths of the first lens element to the sixth lens element are f1, f2,f3, f4, f5 and f6 respectively. The focal length of the optical imagecapturing system is f. The entrance pupil diameter of the optical imagecapturing system is HEP. The distance on the optical axis from anobject-side surface of the first lens element to the first image planeis HOS. Half of the maximum viewable angle of the optical imagecapturing system is denoted by HAF. The maximum image height on thefirst image plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical imagecapturing system is HOT. The distance on the optical axis between thefirst image plane and the second image plane is denoted by FS. At leastone of the first to sixth lens elements are made of plastic. Thicknessesof the first to sixth lens elements at the height of ½ HEP parallelingthe optical axis are respectively ETP1, ETP2, ETP3, ETP4, ETP5 and ETP6.The sum of ETP1 to ETP6 described above is SETP. The central thicknessesof the first to sixth lens elements on the optical axis are respectivelyTP1, TP2, TP3, TP4, TP5 and TP6. The sum of TP1 to TP6 described aboveis STP. The following conditions may be satisfied: 1.0≦f/HEP≦10.0, 0deg<HAF≦150 deg, 0.2≦SETP/STP<1, and |FS|≦60 μm.

Another optical image capturing system is further provided in accordancewith the present disclosure. In the order from an object side to animage side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a first imageplane, and a second image plane. The first image plane is an image planespecifically for the visible light, and the first image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transferrate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency has a maximum valueat the central field of view of the first image plane; the second imageplane is an image plane specifically for the infrared light, and secondimage plane is perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focusmodulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequencyhas a maximum value at the central of field of view of the second imageplane. The first lens element may have refractive power and a convexportion on the object-side surface thereof near the optical axis. Thesecond lens element may have refractive power. The third lens elementhas refractive power. The fourth, fifth and sixth lens elements haverefractive powers. At least one of the first to sixth lens elements maybe made of glass and have positive refractive power. The focal lengthsof the first to sixth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, and f6respectively. The focal length of the optical image capturing system isf. The entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system isHEP. The distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of thefirst lens element to the first image plane is HOS. Half of the maximumviewable angle of the optical image capturing system is denoted by HAF.The maximum image height on the first image plane perpendicular to theoptical axis of the optical image capturing system is denoted by HOI.The distance on the optical axis between the first image plane and thesecond image plane is denoted by FS. At least two lens elements of thefirst to sixth lens elements are made of plastic. The horizontaldistance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on theobject-side surface of the first lens element at height of ½ HEP to thefirst image plane is ETL. The horizontal distance paralleling theoptical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of thefirst lens element at height of ½ HEP to a coordinate point on theimage-side surface of the sixth lens element at height of ½ HEP is EIN.The following conditions are satisfied: 1≦f/HEP≦10, 0 deg<HAF≦150 deg,0.2≦EIN/ETL<1, and |FS|≦60 μm.

Yet another optical image capturing system is further provided inaccordance with the present disclosure. In the order from an object sideto an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a firstlens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a first average image plane, and a second average image plane.The first average image plane is an image plane specifically for thevisible light, and the first average image plane is perpendicular to theoptical axis. The first average image plane is installed at the averageposition of the defocusing positions, where the values of MTF of thevisible light at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and the0.7 field of view are at their respective maximum at the first spatialfrequency. The second average image plane is an image plane specificallyfor the infrared light, and the second average image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis. The second average image plane isinstalled at the average position of the defocusing positions, where thevalues of MTF of the infrared light at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and the 0.7 field of view are at their respective maximumat the first spatial frequency. The optical image capturing system mayinclude six lens elements with refractive powers. The first to sixthlens elements may have refractive powers. The focal lengths of the firstto sixth lens elements are f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 and f6 respectively. Thefocal length of the optical image capturing system is f. The entrancepupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP. Thedistance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the firstlens element to the first average image plane is HOS. Half of themaximum viewable angle of the optical image capturing system is denotedby HAF. The maximum image height on the first average image planeperpendicular to the optical axis of the optical image capturing systemis HOI. The distance between the first average image plane and thesecond average image plane is denoted by AFS. The first to sixth lenselements are all made of plastic. Thicknesses of the first to sixth lenselements at the height of ½ HEP paralleling the optical axis arerespectively ETP1, ETP2, ETP3, ETP4, ETP5 and ETP6. The sum of ETP1 toETP6 described above is SETP. Central thicknesses of the first to sixthlens elements on the optical axis are respectively TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4,TP5 and TP6. The sum of TP1 to TP6 described above is STP. The followingconditions are satisfied: 1.0≦f/HEP≦10.0, 0 deg<HAF≦150 deg,0.2≦SETP/STP<1, and |AFS|≦60 m.

The thickness of a single lens element at height of ½ entrance pupildiameter (HEP) particularly affects the performance in correcting theoptical path difference between the rays in each field of view and incorrecting aberration for the shared region among the fields of viewwithin the range of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP). The capability ofaberration correction is enhanced when the thickness is greater, but thedifficulty in manufacturing such lens also increases at the same time.Therefore, it is necessary to control the thickness of a single lenselement at height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP), in particular tocontrol the proportional relationship (ETP/TP) of the thickness (ETP) ofthe lens element at height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) to thethickness (TP) of the corresponding lens element on the optical axis.For example, the thickness of the first lens element at height of ½entrance pupil diameter (HEP) is denoted by ETP1. The thickness of thesecond lens element at height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) isdenoted by ETP2. The thicknesses of other lens elements are denoted insimilar way. The sum of ETP1 to ETP4 described above is SETP. Theembodiments of the present invention may satisfy the followingcondition: 0.3≦SETP/EIN≦1.

In order to enhance the capability of aberration correction and reducethe difficulty in manufacturing at the same time, it is particularlynecessary to control the proportional relationship (ETP/TP) of thethickness (ETP) of the lens element at height of ½ entrance pupildiameter (HEP) to the thickness (TP) of the lens element on the opticalaxis. For example, the thickness of the first lens element at height of½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) is denoted by ETP1. The thickness of thefirst lens element on the optical axis is TP1. The ratio between both ofthem is ETP1/TP1. The thickness of the second lens element at height of½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) is denoted by ETP2. The thickness of thesecond lens element on the optical axis is TP2. The ratio between bothof them is ETP2/TP2. The proportional relationships of the thicknessesof other lens element in the optical image capturing system at height of½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) to the thicknesses (TP) of the lenselements on the optical axis lens are denoted in the similar way. Theembodiments of the present invention may satisfy the followingcondition: 0.2≦ETP/TP≦3.

The horizontal distance between two adjacent lens elements at height of½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) is denoted by ED. The horizontaldistance (ED) described above is in parallel with the optical axis ofthe optical image capturing system and particularly affects theperformance in correcting the optical path difference between the raysin each field of view and in correcting aberration for the shared regionamong the fields of view within the range of ½ entrance pupil diameter(HEP). The capability of aberration correction may be enhanced when thehorizontal distance becomes greater, but the difficulty in manufacturingthe lens is also increased and the degree of ‘minimization’ to thelength of the optical image capturing system is restricted. Thus, it isessential to control the horizontal distance (ED) between two specificadjacent lens elements at height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP).

In order to enhance the capability of aberration correction and reducethe difficulty to ‘minimize’ the length of the optical image capturingsystem at the same time, it is particularly necessary to control theproportional relationship (ED/IN) of the horizontal distance (ED)between the two adjacent lens elements at height of ½ entrance pupildiameter (HEP) to the horizontal distance (IN) between the two adjacentlens elements on the optical axis. For example, the horizontal distancebetween the first lens element and the second lens element at height of½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) is denoted by ED12. The horizontaldistance between the first lens element and the second lens element onthe optical axis is IN12. The ratio between both of them is ED12/IN12.The horizontal distance between the second lens element and the thirdlens element at height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) is denoted byED23. The horizontal distance between the second lens element and thethird lens element on the optical axis is IN23. The ratio between bothof them is ED23/IN23. The proportional relationships of the horizontaldistances between other two adjacent lens elements in the optical imagecapturing system at height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) to thehorizontal distances between the two adjacent lens elements on theoptical axis are denoted in the similar way.

The horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinatepoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at the heightof ½ HEP to the image plane is EBL. The horizontal distance parallelingthe optical axis from the axial point on the image-side surface of thesixth lens element to the image plane is BL. In order to enhance theability of aberration correction and reserve accommodation space forother optical elements, the embodiment of the present invention maysatisfy the following conditions: 0.2≦EBL/BL<1.1. The optical imagecapturing system may further include a light filter. The light filter islocated between the sixth lens element and the image plane. The distanceparalleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-sidesurface of the sixth lens element at the height of ½ HEP to the lightfilter is EIR. The distance paralleling the optical axis from the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the lightfilter is PIR. The embodiments of the present invention may satisfy thefollowing condition: 0.1≦EIR/PIR≦1.1.

The height of optical system (HOS) may be reduced to achieve theminimization of the optical image capturing system when the absolutevalue of f1 is larger than f6 (|f1|>f6).

When |f2|+|f3|−|f4|+|f5| and |f1|+|f6| satisfy the aforementionedconditions, at least one of the second through fifth lens elements mayhave a weak positive refractive power or a weak negative refractivepower. The weak refractive power indicates that an absolute value of thefocal length of a specific lens element is greater than 10. When atleast one of the second through fifth lens elements has the weakpositive refractive power, the positive refractive power of the firstlens element can be shared by it, such that the unnecessary aberrationwill not appear too early. On the contrary, when at least one of thesecond and third lens elements has the weak negative refractive power,the aberration of the optical image capturing system can be slightlycorrected.

The sixth lens element may have negative refractive power, and theimage-side surface thereof may be a concave surface. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, atleast one surface of the sixth lens element may possess at least oneinflection point, which is capable of effectively reducing the incidentangle of the off-axis rays, thereby further correcting the off-axisaberration.

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The detailed structure, operating principle and effects of the presentdisclosure will now be described in more details hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings that show various embodiments ofthe present disclosure as follows.

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the firstembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1C is a characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of thevisible light according to the first embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 1D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the secondembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2C is a characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of thevisible light according to the second embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 2D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the second embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the thirdembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3C is a characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of thevisible light according to the third embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 3D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the third embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the fourthembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4C is a characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of thevisible light according to the fourth embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 4D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the fourth embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the fifthembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5C is a characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of thevisible light according to the fifth embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 5D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the sixthembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6C is a characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of thevisible light according to the sixth embodiment of the presentapplication.

FIG. 6D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention has been described with some preferred embodimentsthereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications in thedescribed embodiments can be carried out without departing from thescope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limitedonly by the appended claims.

An optical image capturing system is provided, which includes, in theorder from an object side to an image side, a first, second, third,fourth, fifth, and sixth lens elements with refractives power and animage plane. The optical image capturing system may further include animage sensing device, which is disposed on an image plane.

The optical image capturing system may use three sets of operationwavelengths, which are 486.1 nm, 587.5 nm and 656.2 nm, respectively,and 587.5 nm is served as the primary reference wavelength and areference wavelength to obtain technical features of the optical system.The optical image capturing system may also use five sets of wavelengthswhich are 470 nm, 510 nm, 555 nm, 610 nm and 650 nm, respectively, and555 nm is served as the primary reference wavelength and a referencewavelength to obtain technical features of the optical system.

The ratio of the focal length f of the optical image capturing system toa focal length fp of each lens element with positive refractive power isPPR. The ratio of the focal length f of the optical image capturingsystem to a focal length fn of each lens element with negativerefractive power is NPR. The sum of the PPR of all lens elements withpositive refractive powers is EPPR. The sum of the NPR of all lenselements with negative refractive powers is ENPR. The total refractivepower and the total length of the optical image capturing system can becontrolled easily when following conditions are satisfied:0.5≦ΣPPR/|ΣNPR|≦15. Preferably, the following condition may besatisfied: 1≦ΣPPR/|ΣNPR|≦3.0.

The optical image capturing system may further include an image sensingdevice which is disposed on an image plane. Half of a diagonal of aneffective detection field of the image sensing device (imaging height orthe maximum image height of the optical image capturing system) is HOI.The distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of thefirst lens element to the image plane is HOS. The following conditionsare satisfied: HOS/HOI≦50 and 0.5≦HOS/f≦150. Preferably, the followingconditions may be satisfied: 1≦HOS/HOI≦40 and 1≦HOS/f≦140. With thisconfiguration, the size of the optical image capturing system can bekept small, such that a lightweight electronic product is able toaccommodate it.

In addition, in the optical image capturing system of the disclosure,according to different requirements, at least one aperture stop may bearranged to reduce stray light and improve the imaging quality.

In the optical image capturing system of the disclosure, the aperturestop may be a front or middle aperture. The front aperture is theaperture stop between a photographed object and the first lens element.The middle aperture is the aperture stop between the first lens elementand the image plane. In the case that the aperture stop is the frontaperture, a longer distance between the exit pupil and the image planeof the optical image capturing system can be formed, such that moreoptical elements can be disposed in the optical image capturing systemand the efficiency of the image sensing device in receiving image can beimproved. In the case that the aperture stop is the middle aperture, theangle of view of the optical image capturing system can be expended,such that the optical image capturing system has the same advantage thatis owned by wide angle cameras. The distance from the aperture stop tothe image plane is InS. The following condition may be satisfied:0.1≦InS/HOS≦1.1. Therefore, the size of the optical image capturingsystem can be kept small without sacrificing the feature of wide angleof view.

In the optical image capturing system of the disclosure, the distancefrom the object-side surface of the first lens element to the image-sidesurface of the sixth lens element is InTL. The sum of centralthicknesses of all lens elements with refractive power on the opticalaxis is ETP. The following condition may be satisfied: 0.1≦ΣTP/InTL≦0.9.Therefore, the contrast ratio for the image formation in the opticalimage capturing system can be improved without sacrificing the yieldrate for manufacturing the lens element, and a proper back focal lengthis provided to accommodate other optical components in the optical imagecapturing system.

The curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is R1. The curvature radius of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is R2. The following condition is satisfied:0.001≦|R1/R2|≦25. Therefore, the first lens element may have a suitablemagnitude of positive refractive power, so as to prevent thelongitudinal spherical aberration from increasing too fast. Preferably,the following condition may be satisfied: 0.01≦|R1/R2|<12.

The curvature radius of the object-side surface of the sixth lenselement is R11. The curvature radius of the image-side surface of thesixth lens element is R12. The following condition is satisfied:−7<(R11−R12)/(R11+R12)<50. This configuration is beneficial to thecorrection of the astigmatism generated by the optical image capturingsystem.

The distance between the first lens element and the second lens elementon the optical axis is IN12. The following condition is satisfied:IN12/f≦60. Therefore, the chromatic aberration of the lens elements canbe mitigated, such that their performance is improved.

The distance between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens elementon the optical axis is IN56. The following condition is satisfied:IN56/f≦3.0. Therefore, the chromatic aberration of the lens elements canbe mitigated, such that their performance is improved.

Central thicknesses of the first lens element and the second lenselement on the optical axis are TP1 and TP2, respectively. The followingcondition may be satisfied: 0.1≦(TP1+IN12)/TP2≦10. Therefore, thesensitivity of the optical image capturing system can be controlled, andits performance can be improved.

Central thicknesses of the fifth lens element and the sixth lens elementon the optical axis are TP5 and TP6, respectively, and the distancebetween that two lens elements on the optical axis is IN56. Thefollowing condition may be satisfied: 0.1≦(TP6+IN56)/TP5≦15. Therefore,the sensitivity of the optical image capturing system can be controlledand the total height of the optical image capturing system can bereduced.

The central thicknesses of the second, third and fourth lens elements onthe optical axis are TP2, TP3 and TP4, respectively. The distancebetween the second lens element and the third lens element on theoptical axis is IN23; the distance between the third lens element andthe fourth lens element on the optical axis is IN34; the distancebetween the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element on theoptical axis is IN45. The distance between the object-side surface ofthe first lens element and the image-side surface of the sixth lenselement is denoted by InTL. The following condition may be satisfied:0.1≦TP4/(IN34+TP4+IN45)<1. Therefore, the aberration generated when theincident light is travelling inside the optical system can be correctedslightly layer upon layer, and the total height of the optical imagecapturing system can be reduced.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance perpendicular to the optical axis between a critical point C61on an object-side surface of the sixth lens element and the optical axisis HVT61. A distance perpendicular to the optical axis between acritical point C62 on an image-side surface of the sixth lens elementand the optical axis is HVT62. A distance in parallel with the opticalaxis from an axial point on the object-side surface of the sixth lenselement to the critical point C61 is SGC61. A distance in parallel withthe optical axis from an axial point on the image-side surface of thesixth lens element to the critical point C62 is SGC62. The followingconditions may be satisfied: 0 mm≦HVT61≦3 mm, 0 mm<HVT62≦6 mm,0≦HVT61/HVT62, 0 mm≦|SGC61|≦0.5 mm; 0 mm<|SGC62|≦2 mm, and0<|SGC62|/(|SGC62|+TP6)≦0.9. Therefore, the off-axis aberration can becorrected effectively.

The following condition is satisfied for the optical image capturingsystem of the present disclosure: 0.2≦HVT62/HOI≦0.9. Preferably, thefollowing condition may be satisfied: 0.3≦HVT62/HOI≦0.8. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view for the optical image capturingsystem can be corrected.

The optical image capturing system of the present disclosure may satisfythe following condition: 0≦HVT62/HOS≦0.5. Preferably, the followingcondition may be satisfied: 0.2≦HVT62/HOS≦0.45. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view for the optical image capturingsystem can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the present disclosure, thedistance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection point onthe object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of the sixthlens element is denoted by SGI611. The distance in parallel with anoptical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface of thesixth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to an axial pointon the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted bySGI621. The following conditions are satisfied:0<SGI611/(SGI611+TP6)≦0.9 and 0<SGI621/(SGI621+TP6)≦0.9. Preferably, thefollowing conditions may be satisfied: 0.1≦SGI611/(SGI611+TP6)≦0.6 and0.1≦SGI621/(SGI621+TP6)≦0.6.

The distance in parallel with the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is denoted by SGI612. The distance in parallelwith an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element that is second nearest to the optical axis toan axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element isdenoted by SGI622. The following conditions are satisfied:0<SGI612/(SGI612+TP6)≦0.9 and 0<SGI622/(SGI622+TP6)≦0.9. Preferably, thefollowing conditions may be satisfied: 0.1≦SGI612/(SGI612+TP6)≦0.6 and0.1≦SGI622/(SGI622+TP6)≦0.6.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thenearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF611.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an inflection pointon the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that is the nearestto the optical axis is denoted by HIF621. The following conditions maybe satisfied: 0.001 mm≦|HIF611|≦5 mm and 0.001 mm≦|HIF621|≦5 mm.Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied: 0.1mm≦|HIF611|≦3.5 mm and 1.5 mm≦|HIF621|≦3.5 mm.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF612. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and aninflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF622. Thefollowing conditions may be satisfied: 0.001 mm≦|HIF612|≦5 mm and 0.001mm≦|HIF622|≦5 mm. Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied:0.1 mm and 0.1 mm≦|HIF612|≦3.5 mm.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF613.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an inflection pointon the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF623. The followingconditions are satisfied: 0.001 mm≦|HIF613|≦5 mm and 0.001 mm≦|HIF623|≦5mm. Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied: 0.1mm≦|HIF623|≦3.5 mm and 0.1 mm≦|HIF613|≦3.5 mm.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that isfourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF614. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and aninflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF624. Thefollowing conditions are satisfied: 0.001 mm≦|HIF614|≦5 mm and 0.001mm≦|HIF624|≦5 mm Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied:0.1 mm≦|HIF624|≦3.5 mm and 0.1 mm≦|HIF614|≦3.5 mm.

In one embodiment of the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure, the chromatic aberration of the optical image capturingsystem can be corrected by alternatively arranging the lens elementswith large Abbe number and small Abbe number.

The equation for the aforementioned aspheric surface is:

z=ch ²/[1+[1−(k+1)c ² h ²]^(0.5) ]+A ₄ h ⁴ +A ⁶ h ⁶ +A ₈ h ⁸ +A ₁₀ h ¹⁰+A+A ₁₂ h ¹² +A ₁₄ h ¹⁴ +A ₁₆ h ¹⁶ +A ₁₈ h ¹⁸ +A ²⁰ h ²⁰  (1),

where z is a position value of the position along the optical axis andat the height h which reference to the surface apex; k is the coniccoefficient, c is the reciprocal of curvature radius, and A₄, A₆, A₈,A₁₀, A₁₂, A₁₄, A₁₆, A₁₈, and A₂₀ are high order aspheric coefficients.

The optical image capturing system provided by the disclosure, the lenselements may be made of glass or plastic material. If plastic materialis adopted to produce the lens elements, the cost of manufacturing aswell as the weight of the lens element can be reduced effectively. Iflens elements are made of glass, the heat effect can be controlled, andthere will be more options to allocation the refractive powers of thelens elements in the optical image capturing system. Besides, theobject-side surface and the image-side surface of the first throughsixth lens elements may be aspheric, which provides more controlvariables, such that the number of lens elements used can be reduced incontrast to traditional glass lens element, and the aberration can bereduced too. Thus, the total height of the optical image capturingsystem can be reduced effectively.

Furthermore, in the optical image capturing system provided by thepresent disclosure, when the lens element has a convex surface, thesurface of that lens element basically has a convex portion in thevicinity of the optical axis. When the lens element has a concavesurface, the surface of that lens element basically has a concaveportion in the vicinity of the optical axis.

The optical image capturing system of the disclosure can be adapted tothe optical image capturing system with automatic focus whenever it isnecessary. With the features of a good aberration correction and a highquality image formation, the optical image capturing system can be usedin various applications.

The optical image capturing system of the disclosure can include adriving module according to the actual requirements. The driving modulemay be coupled with the lens elements and enables the movement of thelens elements. The driving module described above may be the voice coilmotor (VCM) which is applied to move the lens to focus, or may be theoptical image stabilization (OIS) which is applied to reduce thefrequency the optical system is out of focus owing to the vibration ofthe lens during photo or video shooting.

In the optical image capturing system of the present disclosure, atleast one lens element among the first, second, third, fourth, fifth andsixth lens elements may be a light filtering element for light withwavelength of less than 500 nm, depending on the design requirements.The light filtering element may be made by coating film on at least onesurface of that lens element with certain filtering function, or formingthat lens element with material that can filter light with shortwavelength.

The image plane of the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure may be a plane or a curved surface, depending on the designrequirement. When the image plane is a curved surface (e.g. a sphericalsurface with curvature radius), the incident angle required such thatthe rays are focused on the image plane can be reduced. As such, thelength of the optical image capturing system (TTL) can be minimized, andthe relative illumination may be improved as well.

According to the above embodiments, the specific embodiments withfigures are presented in detail as below.

The First Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 1A to 1E. FIG. 1A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the first embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 1B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system in the order from left to right accordingto the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1C is acharacteristic diagram of modulation transfer of the visible lightaccording to the first embodiment of the present application. FIG. 1D isa diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 1A, in the order from the object side to the image side, theoptical image capturing system includes a first lens element 110, anaperture stop 100, a second lens element 120, a third lens element 130,a fourth lens element 140, a fifth lens element 150, a sixth lenselement 160, an IR-bandstop filter 180, an image plane 190, and an imagesensing device 192.

The first lens element 110 has negative refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The first lens element 110 has a concaveobject-side surface 112 and a concave image-side surface 114, and bothof the object-side surface 112 and the image-side surface 114 areaspheric. The object-side surface 112 thereof has two inflection points.The central thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis isTP1. The thickness of the first lens element at the height of ½ HEP isdenoted by ETP1.

The distance paralleling an optical axis from an inflection point on theobject-side surface of the first lens element which is nearest to theoptical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of the firstlens element is denoted by SGI111. The distance paralleling an opticalaxis from an inflection point on the image-side surface of the firstlens element which is nearest to the optical axis to an axial point onthe image-side surface of the first lens element is denoted by SGI121.The following conditions are satisfied: SGI111=−0.0031 mm, and|SGI111|/(|SGI111|+TP1)=0.0016.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the first lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the first lens element is denoted by SGI112. The distance in parallelwith an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surfaceof the first lens element that is second nearest to the optical axis toan axial point on the image-side surface of the first lens element isdenoted by SGI122. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI112=1.3178mm and |SGI112|/(|SGI112|+TP1)=0.4052.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the first lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted by HIF111. The distance perpendicular tothe optical axis from the inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe first lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the first lens element is denoted byHIF121. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF111=0.5557 mm andHIF111/HOI=0.1111.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the first lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the first lens element is denoted by HIF112. The distanceperpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection point on theimage-side surface of the first lens element that is second nearest tothe optical axis to an axial point on the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted by HIF122. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF112=5.3732 mm and HIF112/HOI=1.0746.

The second lens element 120 has positive refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The second lens element 120 has a convexobject-side surface 122 and a convex image-side surface 124, and both ofthe object-side surface 122 and the image-side surface 124 are aspheric.The object-side surface 122 has one inflection point. The centralthickness of the second lens element on the optical axis is TP2. Thethickness of the second lens element at the height of ½ HEP is denotedby ETP2.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the second lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted by SGI211. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe second lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the second lens element is denoted bySGI221. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI211=0.1069 mm,|SGI211|/(|SGI211|+TP2)=0.0412, SGI221=0 mm and|SGI221|/(|SGI221|+TP2)=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the second lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted by HIF211. The distance perpendicular tothe optical axis from the inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe second lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the second lens element is denoted byHIF221. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF211=1.1264 mm,HIF211/HOI=0.2253, HIF221=0 mm and HIF221/HOI=0.

The third lens element 130 has negative refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The third lens element 130 has a concaveobject-side surface 132 and a convex image-side surface 134, and both ofthe object-side surface 132 and the image-side surface 134 are aspheric.The object-side surface 132 and the image-side surface 134 both have aninflection point. The central thickness of the third lens element on theoptical axis is TP3. The thickness of the third lens element at theheight of ½ HEP is denoted by ETP3.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the third lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of thethird lens element is denoted by SGI311. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe third lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the third lens element is denoted bySGI321. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI311=−0.3041 mm,|SGI311|/(|SGI311|+TP3)=0.4445, SGI321=−0.1172 mm and|SGI321|/(|SGI321|+TP3)=0.2357.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the third lens element that isnearest to the optical axis and the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the third lens element is denoted by HIF311. The distanceperpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection point on theimage-side surface of the third lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis and the axial point on the image-side surface of the thirdlens element is denoted by HIF321. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF311=1.5907 mm, HIF311/HOI=0.3181, HIF321=1.3380 mm andHIF321/HOI=0.2676.

The fourth lens element 140 has positive refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The fourth lens element 140 has a convexobject-side surface 142 and a concave image-side surface 144; both ofthe object-side surface 142 and the image-side surface 144 are aspheric.The object-side surface 142 thereof has two inflection points, and theimage-side surface 144 has one inflection point. The central thicknessof the fourth lens element on the optical axis is TP4. The thickness ofthe fourth lens element at the height of ½ HEP is denoted by ETP4.

The distance in parallel with the optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fourth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thefourth lens element is denoted by SGI411. The distance in parallel withthe optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe fourth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is denoted bySGI421. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI411=0.0070 mm,|SGI411|/(|SGI411|+TP4)=0.0056, SGI421=0.0006 mm and|SGI421|/(|SGI421|+TP4)=0.0005.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fourth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fourth lens element is denoted by SGI412. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fourth lens element that is second nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fourth lenselement is denoted by SGI422. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI412=−0.2078 mm and |SGI412|/(|SGI412|+TP4)=0.1439.

The perpendicular distance between the inflection point on theobject-side surface of the fourth lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF411. Theperpendicular distance between the inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fourth lens element that is nearest to the optical axisand the optical axis is denoted by HIF421. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF411=0.4706 mm, HIF411/HOI=0.0941, HIF421=0.1721 mm andHIF421/HOI=0.0344.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fourth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF412. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the fourth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF422. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF412=2.0421mm and HIF412/HOI=0.4084.

The fifth lens element 150 has positive refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The fifth lens element 150 has a convex object-sidesurface 152 and a convex image-side surface 154, and both of theobject-side surface 152 and the image-side surface 154 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 152 has two inflection points and the image-sidesurface 154 has one inflection point. The central thickness of the fifthlens element on the optical axis is TP5. The thickness of the fifth lenselement at the height of ½ HEP is denoted by ETP5.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thefifth lens element is denoted by SGI511. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe fifth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the fifth lens element is denoted bySGI521. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI511=0.00364 mm,|SGI511|/(|SGI511|+TP5)=0.00338, SGI521=−0.63365 mm and|SGI521|/(|SGI521|+TP5)=0.37154.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is denoted by SGI512. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element that is second nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is denoted by SGI522. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI512=−0.32032 mm and |SGI512|/(|SGI512|+TP5)=0.23009.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is denoted by SGI513. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element that is third nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is denoted by SGI523. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI513=0 mm, |SGI513|/(|SGI513|+TP5)=0, SGI523=0 mm and|SGI523|/(|SGI523|+TP5)=0.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is fourthnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is denoted by SGI514. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element that is fourth nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is denoted by SGI524. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI514=0 mm, |SGI514|/(|SGI514|+TP5)=0, SGI524=0 mm and|SGI524|/(|SGI524|+TP5)=0.

The perpendicular distance between the optical axis and the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that isnearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF511. The perpendiculardistance between the optical axis and the inflection point on theimage-side surface of the fifth lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis is denoted by HIF521. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF511=0.28212 mm, HIF511/HOI=0.05642, HIF521=2.13850 mm andHIF521/HOI=0.42770.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF512. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF522. The following conditions are satisfied:HIF512=2.51384 mm and HIF512/HOI=0.50277.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF513.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the image-side surface of the fifth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF523.The following conditions are satisfied: HIF513=0 mm, HIF513/HOI=0,HIF523=0 mm and HIF523/HOI=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that isfourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF514. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF524. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF514=0 mm,HIF514/HOI=0, HIF524=0 mm and HIF524/HOI=0.

The sixth lens element 160 has negative refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The sixth lens element 160 has a concaveobject-side surface 162 and a concave image-side surface 164, and theobject-side surface 162 has two inflection points and the image-sidesurface 164 has one inflection point. Therefore, the incident angle ofeach field of view on the sixth lens element can be effectively adjustedand the spherical aberration can thus be mitigated. The centralthickness of the sixth lens element on the optical axis is TP6. Thethickness of the sixth lens element at the height of ½ HEP is denoted byETP6.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thesixth lens element is denoted by SGI611. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe sixth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted bySGI621. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI611=−0.38558 mm,|SGI611|/(|SGI611|+TP6)=0.27212, SGI621=0.12386 mm and|SGI621|/(|SGI621|+TP6)=0.10722.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is denoted by SGI612. The distance in parallelwith an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element that is second nearest to the optical axis tothe axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element isdenoted by SGI622. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI612=−0.47400 mm, |SGI612|/(|SGI612|+TP6)=0.31488, SGI622=0 mm and|SGI622|/(|SGI622|+TP6)=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that isnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF611.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that isnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF621.The following conditions are satisfied: HIF611=2.24283 mm,HIF611/HOI=0.44857, HIF621=1.07376 mm and HIF621/HOI=0.21475.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF612. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF622. The following conditions are satisfied:HIF612=2.48895 mm and HIF612/HOI=0.49779.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF613.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF623.The following conditions are satisfied: HIF613=0 mm, HIF613/HOI=0,HIF623=0 mm and HIF623/HOI=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that isfourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF614. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF624. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF614=0 mm,HIF614/HOI=0, HIF624=0 mm and HIF624/HOI=0.

The horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinatepoint on the object-side surface of the first lens element at the heightof ½ HEP to the image plane is ETL. The horizontal distance parallelingthe optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface ofthe first lens element at the height of ½ HEP to a coordinate point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element at the height of ½ HEPis EIN. The following conditions are satisfied: ETL=19.304 mm,EIN=15.733 mm and EIN/ETL=0.815.

The present embodiment satisfies the following conditions: ETP1=2.371mm, ETP2=2.134 mm, ETP3=0.497 mm, ETP4=1.111 mm, ETP5=1.783 mm, andETP6=1.404 mm; the sum of the aforementioned values ETP1 to ETP6 isSETP, and SETP=9.300 mm; TP1=2.064 mm, TP2=2.500 mm, TP3=0.380 mm,TP4=1.186 mm, TP5=2.184 mm, and TP6=1.105 mm; the sum of theaforementioned values TP1 to TP6 is STP, and STP=9.419 mm;SETP/STP=0.987 and SETP/EIN=0.5911.

In the present embodiment, the ratio (ETP/TP) of the thickness (ETP) ofeach lens element at the height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) tothe central thickness (TP) of that lens element on the optical axis isspecifically manipulated, in order to achieve a balance between the easeof manufacturing the lens elements and its capability of aberrationcorrection. The following conditions are satisfied: ETP1/TP1=1.149,ETP2/TP2=0.854, ETP3/TP3=1.308, ETP4/TP4=0.936, ETP5/TP5=0.817 andETP6/TP6=1.271.

In the present embodiment, the horizontal distance between each pair ofadjacent lens elements at the height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP)is manipulated as well, in order to achieve a balance among the degreeof miniaturization for the length of the optical image capturing systemHOS, the ease of manufacturing the lens elements, and its capability ofaberration correction. In particular, the ratio (ED/IN) of thehorizontal distance (ED) between the pair of adjacent lens elements atthe height of ½ entrance pupil diameter (HEP) to the horizontal distance(IN) between the pair of adjacent lens elements on the optical axis iscontrolled. The following conditions are satisfied: the horizontaldistance paralleling the optical axis between the first and second lenselements at the height of ½ HEP is ED12, and ED12=5.285 mm; thehorizontal distance paralleling the optical axis between the second andthird lens elements at the height of ½ HEP is ED23, and ED23=0.283 mm;the horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis between the thirdand fourth lens elements at the height of ½ HEP is ED34, and ED34=0.330mm; the horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis between thefourth and fifth lens elements at the height of ½ HEP is ED45, andED45=0.348 mm; the horizontal distance paralleling the optical axisbetween the fifth and sixth lens elements at the height of ½ HEP isED56, and ED56=0.187 mm. The sum of the values of ED12 to ED56 describedabove is denoted as SED, and SED=6.433 mm.

The horizontal distance between the first and second lens elements onthe optical axis is denoted by IN12, where IN12=5.470 mm andED12/IN12=0.966. The horizontal distance between the second and thirdlens elements on the optical axis is denoted by IN23, where IN23=0.178mm and ED23/IN23=1.590. The horizontal distance between the third andfourth lens elements on the optical axis is denoted by IN34, whereIN34=0.259 mm and ED34/IN34=1.273. The horizontal distance between thefourth and fifth lens elements on the optical axis is denoted by IN45,where IN45=0.209 mm and ED45/IN45=1.664. The horizontal distance betweenthe fifth and sixth lens elements on the optical axis is denoted byIN56, where IN56=0.034 mm and ED56/IN56=5.557. The sum of the values ofIN12 to IN56 described above is denoted as SIN, where SIN=6.150 mm andSED/SIN=1.046.

The first embodiment also satisfies the following conditions:ED12/ED23=18.685, ED23/ED34=0.857, ED34/ED45=0.947, ED45/ED56=1.859,IN12/IN23=30.746, IN23/IN34=0.686, IN34/IN45=1.239 and IN45/IN56=6.207.

The horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinatepoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at the heightof ½ HEP to the image plane is denoted by EBL, and EBL=3.570 mm. Thehorizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from the axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the image plane isBL, and BL=4.032 mm. The embodiment of the present invention may satisfythe following condition: EBL/BL=0.8854. In the present invention, thedistance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on theimage-side surface of the sixth lens element at the height of ½ HEP tothe IR-bandstop filter is EIR, and EIR=1.950 mm. The distanceparalleling the optical axis from the axial point on the image-sidesurface of the sixth lens element to the IR-bandstop filter is denotedby PIR, and PIR=2.121 mm. The following condition is satisfied:EIR/PIR=0.920.

The IR-bandstop filter 180 is made of glass material. The IR-bandstopfilter 180 is disposed between the sixth lens element 160 and the imageplane 190, and it does not affect the focal length of the optical imagecapturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, the focallength of the optical image capturing system is f, the entrance pupildiameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, and half of amaximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF. Thedetailed parameters are shown as below: f=4.075 mm, f/HEP=1.4,HAF=50.001° and tan(HAF)=1.1918.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, the focallength of the first lens element 110 is f1 and the focal length of thesixth lens element 160 is f6. The following conditions are satisfied:f1=−7.828 mm, |f/f1|=0.52060, f6=−4.886 and |f1|>|f6|.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, focallengths of the second lens element 120 to the fifth lens element 150 aref2, f3, f4 and f5, respectively. The following conditions are satisfied:|f2|+|f3|+|f4|+|f5|=95.50815 mm, |f1|+|f6|=12.71352 mm and|f2|+|f3|+|f4|+|f5|>|f1|+|f6|.

The ratio of the focal length f of the optical image capturing system tothe focal length fp of each of lens elements with positive refractivepower is PPR. The ratio of the focal length f of the optical imagecapturing system to a focal length fn of each of lens elements withnegative refractive power is NPR. In the optical image capturing systemof the first embodiment, the sum of the PPR of all lens elements withpositive refractive power is EPPR=f/f2+f/f4+f/f5=1.63290. The sum of theNPR of all lens elements with negative refractive powers isΣNPR=|f/f1|+|f/f3|+|f/f6|=1.51305, ΣPPR/|ΣNPR|=1.07921. The followingconditions are also satisfied: |f/f2|=0.69101, |f/f3|=0.15834,|f/f4|=0.06883, |f/f5|=0.87305 and |f/f6|=0.83412.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance from the object-side surface 112 of the first lens element tothe image-side surface 164 of the sixth lens element is InTL. Thedistance from the object-side surface 112 of the first lens element tothe image plane 190 is HOS. The distance from an aperture 100 to animage plane 190 is InS. Half of a diagonal length of an effectivedetection field of the image sensing device 192 is HOI. The distancefrom the image-side surface 164 of the sixth lens element to the imageplane 190 is BFL. The following conditions are satisfied: InTL+BFL=HOS,HOS=19.54120 mm, HOI=5.0 mm, HOS/HOI=3.90824, HOS/f=4.7952, InS=11.685mm and InS/HOS=0.59794.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, a totalcentral thickness of all lens elements with refractive power on theoptical axis is ΣTP. The following conditions are satisfied: ΣTP=8.13899mm and ΣTP/InTL=0.52477. Therefore, the contrast ratio for the imageformation in the optical image capturing system can be improved withoutsacrificing the defect-free rate during the manufacturing of the lenselement, and a proper back focal length is provided to accommodate otheroptical components in the optical image capturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thecurvature radius of the object-side surface 112 of the first lenselement is R1. The curvature radius of the image-side surface 114 of thefirst lens element is R2. The following condition is satisfied:|R1/R2|=8.99987. Therefore, the first lens element may have a suitablemagnitude of positive refractive power, so as to prevent thelongitudinal spherical aberration from increasing too fast.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thecurvature radius of the object-side surface 162 of the sixth lenselement is R11. The curvature radius of the image-side surface 164 ofthe sixth lens element is R12. The following condition is satisfied:(R11−R12)/(R11+R12)=1.27780. Therefore, the astigmatism generated by theoptical image capturing system can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, the sumof focal lengths of all lens elements with positive refractive power isΣPP. The following conditions are satisfied: ΣPP=f2+f4+f5=69.770 mm andf5/(f2+f4+f5)=0.067. With this configuration, the positive refractivepower of a single lens element can be distributed to other lens elementswith positive refractive powers in an appropriate way, so as to suppressthe generation of noticeable aberrations when the incident light ispropagating in the optical system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, the sumof focal lengths of all lens elements with negative refractive power isΣNP. The following conditions are satisfied: ΣNP=f1+f3+f6=−38.451 mm andf6/(f1+f3+f6)=0.127. With this configuration, the negative refractivepower of the sixth lens element 160 may be distributed to other lenselements with negative refractive power in an appropriate way, so as tosuppress the generation of noticeable aberrations when the incidentlight is propagating in the optical system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance between the first lens element 110 and the second lens element120 on the optical axis is IN12. The following conditions are satisfied:IN12=6.418 mm and IN12/f=1.57491. Therefore, the chromatic aberration ofthe lens elements can be reduced, such that their performance can beimproved.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance between the fifth lens element 150 and the sixth lens element160 on the optical axis is IN56. The following conditions are satisfied:IN56=0.025 mm and IN56/f=0.00613. Therefore, the chromatic aberration ofthe lens elements can be reduced, such that their performance can beimproved.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, centralthicknesses of the first lens element 110 and the second lens element120 on the optical axis are TP1 and TP2, respectively. The followingconditions are satisfied: TP1=1.934 mm, TP2=2.486 mm and(TP1+IN12)/TP2=3.36005. Therefore, the sensitivity of the optical imagecapturing system can be controlled, and the performance can be improved.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, centralthicknesses of the fifth lens element 150 and the sixth lens element 160on the optical axis are TP5 and TP6, respectively, and the distancebetween the aforementioned two lens elements on the optical axis isIN56. The following conditions are satisfied: TP5=1.072 mm, TP6=1.031 mmand (TP6+IN56)/TP5=0.98555. Therefore, the sensitivity of the opticalimage capturing system can be controlled and the total height of theoptical image capturing system can be reduced.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance between the third lens element 130 and the fourth lens element140 on the optical axis is IN34. The distance between the fourth lenselement 140 and the fifth lens element 150 on the optical axis is IN45.The following conditions are satisfied: IN34=0.401 mm, IN45=0.025 mm andTP4/(IN34+TP4+IN45)=0.74376. Therefore, the aberration generated whenthe incident light is propagating inside the optical system can becorrected slightly layer upon layer, and the total height of the opticalimage capturing system can be reduced.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance in parallel with an optical axis from a maximum effective halfdiameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface 152 ofthe fifth lens element is InRS51. The distance in parallel with anoptical axis from a maximum effective half diameter position to an axialpoint on the image-side surface 154 of the fifth lens element is InRS52.The central thickness of the fifth lens element 150 is TP5. Thefollowing conditions are satisfied: InRS51=−0.34789 mm, InRS52=−0.88185mm, |InRS51|/TP5=0.32458 and |InRS52|/TP5=0.82276. This configuration isfavorable to the manufacturing and forming of lens elements, as well asthe minimization of the optical image capturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance perpendicular to the optical axis between a critical point C51on the object-side surface 152 of the fifth lens element and the opticalaxis is HVT51. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between acritical point C52 on the image-side surface 154 of the fifth lenselement and the optical axis is HVT52. The following conditions aresatisfied: HVT51=0.515349 mm and HVT52=0 mm.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance in parallel with an optical axis from a maximum effective halfdiameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface 162 ofthe sixth lens element is InRS61. A distance in parallel with an opticalaxis from a maximum effective half diameter position to an axial pointon the image-side surface 164 of the sixth lens element is InRS62. Thecentral thickness of the sixth lens element 160 is TP6. The followingconditions are satisfied: InRS61=−0.58390 mm, InRS62=0.41976 mm,|InRS61|/TP6=0.56616 and |InRS62|/TP6=0.40700. This configuration isfavorable to the manufacturing and forming of lens elements, as well asthe minimization of the optical image capturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance perpendicular to the optical axis between a critical point C61on the object-side surface 162 of the sixth lens element and the opticalaxis is HVT61. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between acritical point C62 on the image-side surface 164 of the sixth lenselement and the optical axis is HVT62. The following conditions aresatisfied: HVT61=0 mm and HVT62=0 mm.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thefollowing condition may be satisfied: HVT51/HOI=0.1031. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thefollowing condition may be satisfied: HVT51/HOS=0.02634. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thesecond lens element 120, the third lens element 130 and the sixth lenselement 160 have negative refractive powers. The Abbe number of thesecond lens element is NA2. The Abbe number of the third lens element isNA3. The Abbe number of the sixth lens element is NA6. The followingcondition is satisfied: NA6/NA21. Therefore, the chromatic aberration ofthe optical image capturing system can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, TVdistortion and optical distortion for image formation in the opticalimage capturing system are TDT and ODT, respectively. The followingconditions are satisfied: |TDT|=2.124% and |ODT|=5.076%.

In the present embodiment, the lights of any field of view can befurther divided into sagittal ray and tangential ray, and the spatialfrequency of 110 cycles/mm serves as the benchmark for assessing thefocus shifts and the values of MTF. The focus shifts where thethrough-focus MTF values of the visible sagittal ray at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the opticalimage capturing system are at their respective maxima are denoted byVSFS0, VSFS3, and VSFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. Thevalues of VSFS0, VSFS3, and VSFS7 equal to 0.000 mm, −0.005 mm, and0.000 mm, respectively. The maximum values of the through-focus MTF ofthe visible sagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field ofview, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by VSMTF0, VSMTF3, and VSMTF7,respectively. The values of VSMTF0, VSMTF3, and VSMTF7 equal to 0.886,0.885, and 0.863, respectively. The focus shifts where the through-focusMTF values of the visible tangential ray at the central field of view,0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the optical image capturingsystem are at their respective maxima are denoted by VTFS0, VTFS3, andVTFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. The values of VTFS0,VTFS3, and VTFS7 equal to 0.000 mm, 0.001 mm, and −0.005 mm,respectively. The maximum values of the through-focus MTF of the visibletangential ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view are denoted by VTMTF0, VTMTF3, and VTMTF7, respectively.The values of VTMTF0, VTMTF3, and VTMTF7 equal to 0.886, 0.868, and0.796, respectively. The average focus shift (position) of both theaforementioned focus shifts of the visible sagittal ray at three fieldsof view and focus shifts of the visible tangential ray at three fieldsof view is denoted by AVFS (unit of measurement: mm), which satisfiesthe absolute value |(VSFS0+VSFS3+VSFS7+VTFS0+VTFS3+VTFS7)/6|=10.000 mm|.

The focus shifts where the through-focus MTF values of the infraredsagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the optical image capturing system are at theirrespective maxima, are denoted by ISFS0, ISFS3, and ISFS7 (unit ofmeasurement: mm), respectively. The values of ISFS0, ISFS3, and ISFS7equal to 0.025 mm, 0.020 mm, and 0.020 mm, respectively. The averagefocus shift (position) of the aforementioned focus shifts of theinfrared sagittal ray at three fields of view is denoted by AISFS (unitof measurement: mm). The maximum values of the through-focus MTF of theinfrared sagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view are denoted by ISMTF0, ISMTF3, and ISMTF7,respectively. The values of ISMTF0, ISMTF3, and ISMTF7 equal to 0.787,0.802, and 0.772, respectively. The focus shifts where the through-focusMTF values of the infrared tangential ray at the central field of view,0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the optical image capturingsystem are at their respective maxima are denoted by ITFS0, ITFS3, andITFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. The values of ITFS0,ITFS3, and ITFS7 equal to 0.025, 0.035, and 0.035, respectively. Theaverage focus shift (position) of the aforementioned focus shifts of theinfrared tangential ray at three fields of view is denoted by AITFS(unit of measurement: mm). The maximum values of the through-focus MTFof the infrared tangential ray at the central field of view, 0.3 fieldof view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by ITMTF0, ITMTF3, andITMTF7, respectively. The values of ITMTF0, ITMTF3, and ITMTF7 equal to0.787, 0.805, and 0.721, respectively. The average focus shift(position) of both of the aforementioned focus shifts of the infraredsagittal ray at the three fields of view and focus shifts of theinfrared tangential ray at the three fields of view is denoted by AIFS(unit of measurement: mm), which equals to the absolute value of|(ISFS0+ISFS3+ISFS7+ITFS0+ITFS3+ITFS7)/6|=|0.02667 mm|.

The focus shift (difference) of the focal points of the visible lightfrom those of the infrared light at their respective central fields ofview (RGB/IR) of the overall optical image capturing system (i.e.wavelength of 850 nm versus wavelength of 555 nm, unit of measurement:mm) is denoted by FS (the distance between the first and second imageplanes on the optical axis), which satisfies the absolute value|(VSFS0+VTFS0)/2−(ISFS0+ITFS0)/2|=|0.025 mm|. The difference (focusshift) between the average focus shift of the visible light in the threefields of view and the average focus shift of the infrared light in thethree fields of view (RGB/IR) of the entire optical image capturingsystem is denoted by AFS (i.e. wavelength of 850 nm versus wavelength of555 nm, unit of measurement: mm), which may satisfy the condition of|AIFS−AVFS|=|0.02667 mm|.

In the optical image capturing system of the present embodiment, themodulation transfer rates (values of MTF) of the visible light at thespatial frequency of 55 cycles/mm at the positions of the optical axis,0.3 HOI and 0.7 HOI on the image plane are respectively denoted byMTFE0, MTFE3 and MTFE7. The following conditions are satisfied: MTFE0 isabout 0.84, MTFE3 is about 0.84 and MTFE7 is about 0.75. The modulationtransfer rates (values of MTF) of the visible light at the spatialfrequency of 110 cycles/mm at the positions of the optical axis, 0.3 HOTand 0.7 HOT on the image plane are respectively denoted by MTFQ0, MTFQ3and MTFQ7. The following conditions are satisfied: MTFQ0 is about 0.66,MTFQ3 is about 0.65 and MTFQ7 is about 0.51. The modulation transferrates (values of MTF) at spatial frequency of 220 cycles/mm at thepositions of the optical axis, 0.3 HOI and 0.7 HOI on the image planeare respectively denoted by MTFH0, MTFH3 and MTFH7. The followingconditions are satisfied: MTFH0 is about 0.17, MTFH3 is about 0.07 andMTFH7 is about 0.14.

In the optical image capturing system of the present embodiment, whenthe infrared light with operational wavelength of 850 nm is focused onthe image plane, the modulation transfer rates (values of MTF) for aspatial frequency of 55 cycles/mm at the positions of the optical axis,0.3 HOI and 0.7 HOI on the image plane are respectively denoted byMTFI0, MTFI3 and MTFI7. The following conditions are satisfied: MTFI0 isabout 0.81, MTFI3 is about 0.8 and MTFI7 is about 0.15.

Table 1 and Table 2 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 1 Lens Parameters for the First Embodiment f(focal length) = 4.075mm; f/HEP = 1.4; HAF(half angle of view) = 50.000 deg Surface ThicknessRefractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index No.Length 0 Object Plane Plane 1 Lens 1 −40.99625704 1.934 Plastic 1.51556.55 −7.828 2 4.555209289 5.923 3 Aperture Plane 0.495 Stop 4 Lens 25.333427366 2.486 Plastic 1.544 55.96 5.897 5 −6.781659971 0.502 6 Lens3 −5.697794287 0.380 Plastic 1.642 22.46 −25.738 7 −8.883957518 0.401 8Lens 4 13.19225664 1.236 Plastic 1.544 55.96 59.205 9 21.55681832 0.02510 Lens 5 8.987806345 1.072 Plastic 1.515 56.55 4.668 11 −3.1588753740.025 12 Lens 6 −29.46491425 1.031 Plastic 1.642 22.46 −4.886 133.593484273 2.412 14 IR- Plane 0.200 1.517 64.13 bandstop Filter 15Plane 1.420 16 Image Plane Plane Reference Wavelength = 555 nm; ShieldPosition: The 1^(st) surface with effective aperture radius of 5.800 mm,the 3^(rd) surface with effective aperture radius of 1.570 mm, and the5^(th) surface with effective aperture radius of 1.950 mm

TABLE 2 Aspheric Coefficients of the First Embodiment Table 2: AsphericCoefficients Surface No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 k 4.310876E+01 −4.707622E+002.616025E+00 2.445397E+00 5.645686E+00 −2.117147E+01 A₄ 7.054243E−031.714312E−02 −8.377541E−03 −1.789549E−02 −3.379055E−03 −1.370959E−02 A₆−5.233264E−04 −1.502232E−04 −1.838068E−03 −3.657520E−03 −1.225453E−036.250200E−03 A₈ 3.077890E−05 −1.359611E−04 1.233332E−03 −1.131622E−03−5.979572E−03 −5.854426E−03 A₁₀ −1.260650E−06 2.680747E−05 −2.390895E−031.390351E−03 4.556449E−03 4.049451E−03 A₁₂ 3.319093E−08 −2.017491E−061.998555E−03 −4.152857E−04 −1.177175E−03 −1.314592E−03 A₁₄ −5.051600E−106.604615E−08 −9.734019E−04 5.487286E−05 1.370522E−04 2.143097E−04 A₁₆3.380000E−12 −1.301630E−09 2.478373E−04 −2.919339E−06 −5.974015E−06−1.399894E−05 Surface No. 8 9 10 11 12 13 k −5.287220E+00 6.200000E+01−2.114008E+01 −7.699904E+00 −6.155476E+01 −3.120467E−01 A₄ −2.937377E−02−1.359965E−01 −1.263831E−01 −1.927804E−02 −2.492467E−02 −3.521844E−02 A₆2.743532E−03 6.628518E−02 6.965399E−02 2.478376E−03 −1.835360E−035.629654E−03 A₈ −2.457574E−03 −2.129167E−02 −2.116027E−02 1.438785E−033.201343E−03 −5.466925E−04 A₁₀ 1.874319E−03 4.396344E−03 3.819371E−03−7.013749E−04 −8.990757E−04 2.231154E−05 A₁₂ −6.013661E−04 −5.542899E−04−4.040283E−04 1.253214E−04 1.245343E−04 5.548990E−07 A₁₄ 8.792480E−053.768879E−05 2.280473E−05 −9.943196E−06 −8.788363E−06 −9.396920E−08 A₁₆−4.770527E−06 −1.052467E−06 −5.165452E−07 2.898397E−07 2.494302E−072.728360E−09

Table 1 is the detailed structural data for the first embodiment in FIG.1A, of which the unit for the curvature radius, the central thickness,the distance, and the focal length is millimeters (mm). Surfaces 0-16illustrate the surfaces from the object side to the image plane in theoptical image capturing system. Table 2 shows the aspheric coefficientsof the first embodiment, where k is the conic coefficient in theaspheric surface equation, and A₁-A₂₀ are respectively the first to thetwentieth order aspheric surface coefficients. Besides, the tables inthe following embodiments correspond to their respective schematic viewsand the diagrams of aberration curves, and definitions of the parametersin these tables are similar to those in the Table 1 and the Table 2, sothe repetitive details will not be given here.

Second Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 2A to 2E. FIG. 2A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the second embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 2B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system of the second embodiment, in the orderfrom left to right. FIG. 2C is a characteristic diagram of modulationtransfer of the visible light according to the second embodiment of thepresent application. FIG. 2D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTFvalues of the visible light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the second embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 2E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTFvalues of the infrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the second embodiment of thepresent disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2A, in the order from the objectside to the image side, the optical image capturing system includes afirst lens element 210, a second lens element 220, a third lens element230, an aperture stop 200, a fourth lens element 240, a fifth lenselement 250, a sixth lens element 260, an IR-bandstop filter 280, animage plane 290, and an image sensing device 292.

The first lens element 210 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 210 has a convex object-sidesurface 212 and a concave image-side surface 214, and both of theobject-side surface 212 and the image-side surface 214 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 212 thereof has two inflection points.

The second lens element 220 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 220 has a concave object-sidesurface 222 and a convex image-side surface 224, and both of theobject-side surface 222 and a image-side surface 224 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 224 thereof has one inflection point.

The third lens element 230 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 230 has a convex object-sidesurface 232 and a convex image-side surface 234, and both of theobject-side surface 232 and a image-side surface 234 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 234 thereof has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 240 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 240 has a convex object-sidesurface 242 and a convex image-side surface 244, and both of theobject-side surface 242 and a image-side surface 244 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 242 thereof has one inflection point.

The fifth lens element 250 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 250 has a concave object-sidesurface 252 and a concave image-side surface 254, and both of theobject-side surface 252 and a image-side surface 254 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 252 and image-side surface 254 both has oneinflection point.

The sixth lens element 260 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 260 has a convex object-sidesurface 262 and a convex image-side surface 264, and both of theobject-side surface 262 and a image-side surface 264 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 264 thereof has one inflection point. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, theincident angle of the off-axis rays can be reduced effectively, therebyfurther correcting the off-axis aberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 280 may be made of glass material and is disposedbetween the sixth lens element 260 and the image plane 290. TheIR-bandstop filter 280 does not affect the focal length of the opticalimage capturing system.

Table 3 and Table 4 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment

TABLE 3 Lens Parameters for the Second Embodiment f(focal length) =3.313 mm; f/HEP = 1.8; HAF(half angle of view) = 70 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index AbbeNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 1.06667E+18 1 Lens 1 23.89435482 1.067 Plastic1.544 55.96 −7.750 2 3.536846759 6.183 3 Lens 2 −43.4355569 7.483Plastic 1.643 22.47 224.050 4 −35.6925537 0.533 5 Lens 3 35.241885979.773 Plastic 1.584 29.89 35.098 6 −44.58603118 0.533 7 Aperture Stop1E+18 0.533 8 Lens 4 6.13146254 3.304 Plastic 1.544 55.96 7.168 9−8.750229908 0.533 10 Lens 5 −17.88040136 1.067 Plastic 1.643 22.47−5.362 11 4.410244634 0.572 12 Lens 6 4.521075904 3.508 Plastic 1.54455.96 6.991 13 −17.75726384 3.181 14 IR-bandstop 1E+18 1.067 BK_7 1.51764.13 Filter 15 1E+18 1.067 16 Image Plane 1E+18 0.000 ReferenceWavelength = 555 nm; shield position: The 5^(th) surface with effectiveaperture radius of 4.267 mm, the 9^(th) surface with effective apertureradius of 3.413 mm.

TABLE 4 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Second Embodiment Table 4:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k −5.218043E+01 −6.827794E−01  −8.886487E+01 3.984248E+01 −9.000000E+01 −9.000000E+01−2.661168E−01 A₄ 2.010426E−04 1.386718E−04 −6.863853E−04 1.645713E−03 2.597662E−03 −2.219423E−04 −1.288305E−03 A₆ −2.532388E−06  2.948827E−06−8.092279E−06 −9.016161E−05  −1.224332E−04  4.045413E−05  1.269244E−05A₈ 1.028780E−08 9.591905E−07  6.270167E−07 2.976894E−06  4.017008E−06−9.774673E−07 −3.319778E−06 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 −1.934429E−08−4.208639E−08  −6.302516E−08  5.355415E−08 −4.200511E−08 Surface No. 910 11 12 13 K −1.767101E+00 −7.119537E+01 −8.611702E−01 −5.735990E−011.060903E+01 A₄ −2.061187E−03 −5.784411E−03 −5.232599E−03 −2.492683E−035.013174E−04 A₆  7.217793E−06  2.915645E−04  2.465737E−04  6.955428E−059.592629E−05 A₈  5.387666E−06  3.189034E−06 −1.615638E−06  4.588932E−07−5.290801E−06  A₁₀ −2.896554E−07 −3.820214E−07 −2.374182E−07−1.247586E−08 3.128857E−07

In the second embodiment, the presentation of the aspheric surfaceequation is similar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, thedefinitions of parameters in following tables are similar to those inthe first embodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditions can be obtained from the data inTable 3 and Table 4.

Second Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) MTFE0 MTFE3MTFE7 MTFQ0 MTFQ3 MTFQ7 0.88 0.86 0.82 0.74 0.7 0.59 ETP1 ETP2 ETP3 ETP4ETP5 ETP6 1.170 7.482 9.750 3.186 1.186 3.392 ETP1/ ETP2/ ETP3/ ETP4/ETP5/ ETP6/ TP1 TP2 TP3 TP4 TP5 TP6 1.097 1.000 0.998 0.964 1.112 0.967ETL EBL EIN EIR PIR EIN/ETL 40.387 5.338 35.048 3.205 3.181 0.868SETP/EIN EIR/PIR SETP STP SETP/STP BL 0.747 1.007 26.165 26.201 0.9995.315 ED12 ED23 ED34 ED45 ED56 EBL/BL 6.053 0.558 1.145 0.556 0.5711.0004 SED SIN SED/SIN ED12/ED23 ED23/ED34 ED34/ED45 8.883 8.888 0.99910.851 0.487 2.057 ED12/ ED23/ ED34/ ED45/ ED56/ ED45/ IN12 IN23 IN34IN45 IN56 ED56 0.979 1.046 1.073 1.043 1.000 0.974 |f/f1| |f/f2| |f/f3||f/f4| |f/f5| |f/f6| 0.42754 0.01479 0.09440 0.46227 0.61797 0.47391 ΣPPR/ TP4/(IN34 + Σ PPR Σ NPR |Σ NPR| IN12/f IN56/f TP4 + IN45) 1.602180.48870 3.27843 1.86619 0.17250 0.67373 |f1/f2| |f2/f3| (TP1 + IN12)/TP2(TP6 + IN56)/TP5 0.03459 6.38352 0.96883 3.82434 HOS InTL HOS/HOIInS/HOS ODT % TDT % 40.40410 35.08940 10.10103 0.36707 −58.4315044.69990 HVT51 HVT52 HVT61 HVT62 HVT62/HOI HVT62/HOS 0 0 0.00000 3.219680.80492 0.07969 |InRS61|/ |InRS62|/ TP2/TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS61 InRS62 TP6TP6 0.76570 2.95794 1.66914 −0.09902 0.47584 0.02823 VSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7VTFS0 VTFS3 VTFS7 −0.000 −0.005 −0.000 −0.000 −0.000 −0.005 VSMTF0VSMTF3 VSMTF7 VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.750 0.739 0.615 0.750 0.718 0.588ISFS0 ISFS3 ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 0.010 0.005 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.015ISMTF0 ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.779 0.765 0.550 0.779 0.7430.571 FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.010 0.010 −0.002 0.012

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 3 and Table 4.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Second Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 7.5640 HIF111/HOI 1.8910 SGI1110.9830 |SGI111|/(|SGI111| + TP1) 0.4796 HIF112 8.7608 HIF112/HOI 2.1902SGI112 1.2401 |SGI112|/(|SGI112| + TP1) 0.5376 HIF221 1.4527 HIF221/HOI0.3632 SGI221 −0.0235 |SGI221|/(|SGI221| + TP2) 0.0031 HIF222 3.4244HIF222/HOI 0.8561 SGI222 −0.0557 |SGI222|/(|SGI222| + TP2) 0.0074 HIF3212.3176 HIF321/HOI 0.5794 SGI321 −0.0577 |SGI321|/(|SGI321| + TP3) 0.0059HIF411 2.8302 HIF411/HOI 0.7075 SGI411 0.5897 |SGI411|/(|SGI411| + TP4)0.1515 HIF511 3.1256 HIF511/HOI 0.7814 SGI511 −0.4822|SGI511|/(|SGI511| + TP5) 0.3113 HIF521 3.3983 HIF521/HOI 0.8496 SGI5210.9418 |SGI521|/(|SGI521| + TP5) 0.4689 HIF621 2.1687 HIF621/HOI 0.5422SGI621 −0.1195 |SGI621|/(|SGI621| + TP6) 0.0330

Third Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 3A to 3E. FIG. 3A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the third embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 3B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3C is acharacteristic diagram of modulation transfer of the visible lightaccording to the third embodiment of the present application. FIG. 3D isa diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the third embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 3A, in the order from the object side to the image side, theoptical image capturing system includes a first lens element 310, asecond lens element 320, a third lens element 330, an aperture stop 300,a fourth lens element 340, a fifth lens element 350, a sixth lenselement 360, an IR-bandstop filter 380, an image plane 390, and an imagesensing device 392.

The first lens element 310 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 310 has a convex object-sidesurface 312 and a concave image-side surface 314, and both of theobject-side surface 312 and a image-side surface 314 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 312 thereof has one inflection point.

The second lens element 320 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 320 has a concave object-sidesurface 322 and a convex image-side surface 324, and both of theobject-side surface 322 and a image-side surface 324 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 322 thereof has two inflection points.

The third lens element 330 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 330 has a concave object-sidesurface 332 and a convex image-side surface 334, and both of theobject-side surface 332 and a image-side surface 334 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 332 thereof has two inflection points.

The fourth lens element 340 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 340 has a convex object-sidesurface 342 and a convex image-side surface 344, and both of theobject-side surface 342 and a image-side surface 344 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 342 thereof has two inflection points.

The fifth lens element 350 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 350 has a concave object-sidesurface 352 and a convex image-side surface 354, and both of theobject-side surface 352 and a image-side surface 354 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 354 thereof has one inflection point.

The sixth lens element 360 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 360 has a convex object-sidesurface 362 and a concave image-side surface 364, and both of theobject-side surface 362 and a image-side surface 364 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 364 thereof has one inflection point. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, theincident angle of the off-axis rays can be reduced effectively, therebyfurther correcting the off-axis aberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 380 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the sixth lens element 360 and the image plane 390, withoutaffecting the focal length of the optical image capturing system.

Table 5 and Table 6 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 5 Lens Parameters for the Third Embodiment f(focal length) = 3.999mm; f/HEP = 1.8; HAF(half angle of view) = 70 deg Surface ThicknessRefractive Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index Abbe No.Length 0 Object 1E+18 1.06667E+18 1 Lens 1 9.547263087 1.067 Plastic1.544 55.96 −7.157 2 2.662712721 3.893 3 Lens 2 −28.88634478 4.332Plastic 1.643 22.47 172.660 4 −24.30929472 0.533 5 Lens 3 −24.821584812.816 Plastic 1.544 55.96 13.283 6 −5.833576339 0.533 7 Aperture Stop1E+18 0.533 8 Lens 4 7.558437175 3.124 Plastic 1.544 55.96 6.651 9−5.964333797 0.533 10 Lens 5 −13.71086686 1.067 Plastic 1.643 22.47−4.576 11 3.896060474 0.603 12 Lens 6 5.578045133 3.637 Plastic 1.54455.96 7.347 13 −10.9782076 1.861 14 IR-bandstop 1E+18 1.067 BK_7 1.51764.13 Filter 15 1E+18 1.069 16 Image Plane 1E+18 −0.002 ReferenceWavelength = 555 nm; shield position: The 6^(th) surface with effectiveaperture radius of 3.307 mm, the 8^(th) surface with effective apertureradius of 2.773 mm.

TABLE 6 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Third Embodiment Table 6:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k −1.941404E+01 −5.281141E−01 3.795835E+01 −3.351217E+01  2.293890E+00 −4.662394E−02  1.323445E+00 A₄ −6.045865E−04  −2.486190E−03 −6.471595E−07 9.952926E−04 1.661026E−03 3.015079E−04 −1.137148E−03 A₆ 5.218700E−06 1.741766E−04 4.318362E−06 7.604463E−05 6.912698E−05 2.979464E−06−4.767317E−05 A₈ 2.770496E−09 −7.297705E−06 1.354960E−06 3.601500E−06−6.164648E−06  −1.598236E−06   4.052777E−06 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 6.203072E−09 −4.824916E−07  −1.157494E−07  3.395097E−08−9.104622E−07 Surface No. 9 10 11 12 13 k −2.651127E+00 −7.119S37E+01−1.131008E−01 3.448095E−01 −7.545347E+00  A₄ −5.955102E−04 −8.873309E−03−7.920514E−03 1.533477E−04 −4.069689E−04  A₆ −1.309752E−04  5.234795E−04 1.757302E−04 −2.064479E−05  1.725698E−04 A₈  3.935948E−06 −4.299300E−05−1.414302E−05 1.590306E−06 2.925971E−06 A₁₀ −2.472345E−07  2.247266E−06 5.939014E−08 −2.867026E−08  6.673761E−07

In the third embodiment, the presentation of the aspheric surfaceequation is similar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, thedefinitions of parameters in following tables are similar to those inthe first embodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 5 and Table 6.

Third Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) MTFE0 MTFE3MTFE7 MTFQ0 MTFQ3 MTFQ7 0.87 0.78 0.78 0.73 0.51 0.55 ETP1 ETP2 ETP3ETP4 ETP5 ETP6 1.240 4.330 2.732 2.940 1.270 3.469 ETP1/ ETP2/ ETP3/ETP4/ ETP5/ ETP6/ TP1 TP2 TP3 TP4 TP5 TP6 1.162 1.000 0.970 0.941 1.1900.954 ETL EBL EIN EIR PIR EIN/ETL 26.607 4.050 22.556 1.917 1.861 0.848SETP/EIN EIR/PIR SETP STP SETP/STP BL 0.708 1.030 15.981 16.042 0.9963.995 ED12 ED23 ED34 ED45 ED56 EBL/BL 3.638 0.534 1.254 0.583 0.5661.0137 SED SIN SED/SIN ED12/ED23 ED23/ED34 ED34/ED45 6.575 6.630 0.9926.809 0.426 2.150 ED12/ ED23/ ED34/ ED45/ ED56/ ED45/ IN12 IN23 IN34IN45 IN56 ED56 0.935 1.002 1.175 1.093 0.938 1.031 |f/f1| |f/f2| |f/f3||f/f4| |f/f5| |f/f6| 0.55879 0.02316 0.30109 0.60135 0.87405 0.54437 ΣPPR/ TP4/(IN34 + Σ PPR Σ NPR |Σ NPR| IN12/f IN56/f TP4 + IN45) 2.335270.56753 4.11481 0.97346 0.15076 0.66131 |f1/f2| |f2/f3| (TP1 + IN12)/TP2(TP6 + IN56)/TP5 0.04145 12.99847 1.14498 3.97521 HOS InTL HOS/HOIInS/HOS ODT % TDT % 26.66670 22.67200 6.66668 0.50596 −65.56590 47.46260HVT51 HVT52 HVT61 HVT62 HVT62/HOI HVT62/HOS 0 0 0.00000 2.73724 0.684310.10265 |InRS61|/ |InRS62|/ TP2/TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS61 InRS62 TP6 TP61.53840 0.90134 1.88104 0.05947 0.51715 0.01635 VSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0VTFS3 VTFS7 −0.000 −0.005 −0.015 −0.000 0.005 −0.005 VSMTF0 VSMTF3VSMTF7 VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.739 0.702 0.651 0.739 0.642 0.552 ISFS0ISFS3 ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 0.010 −0.000 −0.010 0.010 0.015 0.005ISMTF0 ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.778 0.752 0.681 0.778 0.7490.642 FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.010 0.005 −0.003 0.008

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 5 and Table 6.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Third Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 2.3251 HIF111/HOI 0.5813 SGI1110.2146 |SGI111|/(|SGI111| + TP1) 0.1675 HIF211 3.1062 HIF211/HOI 0.7766SGI211 −0.1757 |SGI211|/(|SGI211| + TP2) 0.0390 HIF221 1.4318 HIF221/HOI0.3580 SGI221 −0.0362 |SGI221|/(|SGI221| + TP2) 0.0083 HIF311 1.3479HIF311/HOI 0.3370 SGI311 −0.0309 |SGI311|/(|SGI311| + TP3) 0.0108 HIF3122.9499 HIF312/HOI 0.7375 SGI312 −0.0472 |SGI312|/(|SGI312| + TP3) 0.0165HIF411 2.4840 HIF411/HOI 0.6210 SGI411 0.3808 |SGI411|/(|SGI411| + TP4)0.1087 HIF521 2.1959 HIF521/HOI 0.5490 SGI521 0.4980|SGI521|/(|SGI521| + TP5) 0.3183 HIF621 1.9090 HIF621/HOI 0.4772 SGI621−0.1546 |SGI621|/(|SGI621| + TP6) 0.0408

Fourth Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 4A to 4E. FIG. 4A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the fourth embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 4B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4C isa characteristic diagram of modulation transfer of the visible lightaccording to the fourth embodiment of the present application. FIG. 4Dis a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 4A, in the order from the object side to the image side, theoptical image capturing system includes a first lens element 410, asecond lens element 420, a third lens element 430, an aperture stop 400,a fourth lens element 440, a fifth lens element 450, a sixth lenselement 460, an IR-bandstop filter 480, an image plane 490, and an imagesensing device 492.

The first lens element 410 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 410 has a convex object-sidesurface 412 and a concave image-side surface 414, and both of theobject-side surface 412 and a image-side surface 414 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 412 thereof has one inflection point.

The second lens element 420 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 420 has a concave object-sidesurface 422 and a convex image-side surface 424, and both of theobject-side surface 422 and a image-side surface 424 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 424 thereof has one inflection point.

The third lens element 430 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 430 has a convex object-sidesurface 432 and a convex image-side surface 434, and both of theobject-side surface 432 and a image-side surface 434 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 434 thereof has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 440 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 440 has a convex object-sidesurface 442 and a convex image-side surface 444, and both of theobject-side surface 442 and a image-side surface 444 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 442 thereof has one inflection point.

The fifth lens element 450 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 450 has a concave object-sidesurface 452 and a concave image-side surface 454, and both of theobject-side surface 452 and a image-side surface 454 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 452 and image-side surface 454 both has oneinflection point.

The sixth lens element 460 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 460 has a convex object-sidesurface 462 and a convex image-side surface 464, and both of theobject-side surface 462 and a image-side surface 464 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 464 thereof has one inflection point. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, theincident angle of the off-axis rays can be reduced effectively, therebyfurther correcting the off-axis aberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 480 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the sixth lens element 460 and the image plane 490. TheIR-bandstop filter 480 does not affect the focal length of the opticalimage capturing system.

Table 7 and Table 8 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 7 Lens Parameters for the Fourth Embodiment f(focal length) =3.648 mm; f/HEP = 1.8; HAF(half angle of view) = 70 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index AbbeNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 1.06667E+18 1 Lens 1 28.07004023 2.058 Plastic1.544 55.96 −8.548 2 3.896900639 5.781 3 Lens 2 −25.71255236 12.374Plastic 1.643 22.47 −248.078 4 −36.40204832 0.533 5 Lens 3 24.284242393.718 Plastic 1.515 56.55 12.363 6 −8.206970254 1.285 7 Aperture Stop1E+18 0.593 8 Lens 4 13.04415561 3.218 Plastic 1.544 55.96 8.501 9−6.573676625 0.533 10 Lens 5 −18.51981084 1.067 Plastic 1.643 22.47−4.816 11 3.835952526 0.686 12 Lens 6 5.607313799 3.857 Plastic 1.54455.96 8.382 13 −18.81189917 2.133 14 IR-bandstop 1E+18 1.067 BK_7 1.51764.13 Filter 15 1E+18 1.063 16 Image Plane 1E+18 0.003 ReferenceWavelength = 555 nm

TABLE 8 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Fourth Embodiment Table 8:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k −8.474711E+01−5.083724E−01 5.615914E+00 −1.028164E+01  −2.661387E+01  −6.200252E+00 −1.376108E+01  A₄  1.047757E−05 −6.054211E−04 −5.135931E−04 3.480090E−04 9.780979E−04 −5.372902E−04  3.784874E−05 A₆ −1.208722E−07 8.785262E−06 −4.440524E−07  2.294263E−05 1.268309E−05 1.821859E−05−7.383853E−05  A₈ −4.314220E−10 −2.152303E−07 1.996535E−07−4.385769E−07  −1.871171E−07  1.488270E−07 5.079148E−07 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 Surface No. 9 10 11 12 13 k −6.857130E+00−7.119537E+01 −5.402038E−01 −1.186561E−02 −7.558545E+01  A₄−2.169339E−03 −3.096646E−03 −3.801643E−03 −1.669871E−04 −1.252394E−03 A₆  5.051261E−05  1.574437E−04  8.539867E−06 −2.357106E−05 1.398975E−04A₈ −2.852759E−07 −9.783587E−07 −4.364404E−07  5.942806E−07 5.564853E−07A₁₀  0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00

In the fourth embodiment, the form of the aspheric surface equation issimilar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, the definitions ofparameters in following tables are similar to those in the firstembodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 7 and Table 8.

Fourth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) MTFE0 MTFE3MTFE7 MTFQ0 MTFQ3 MTFQ7 0.85 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.49 0.47 ETP1 ETP2 ETP3ETP4 ETP5 ETP6 2.173 12.381 3.634 3.101 1.228 3.738 ETP1/ ETP2/ ETP3/ETP4/ ETP5/ ETP6/ TP1 TP2 TP3 TP4 TP5 TP6 1.056 1.001 0.977 0.964 1.1500.969 ETL EBL EIN EIR PIR EIN/ETL 39.952 4.294 35.659 2.160 2.133 0.893SETP/EIN EIR/PIR SETP STP SETP/STP BL 0.736 1.013 12.773 12.792 0.9994.267 ED12 ED23 ED34 ED45 ED56 EBL/BL 2.057 0.336 1.414 0.010 1.2071.0063 SED SIN SED/SIN ED12/ED23 ED23/ED34 ED34/ED45 9.404 9.411 0.9999.891 0.288 3.402 ED12/ ED23/ ED34/ ED45/ ED56/ ED45/ IN12 IN23 IN34IN45 IN56 ED56 0.974 1.067 1.054 1.091 0.943 0.899 |f/f1| |f/f2| |f/f3||f/f4| |f/f5| |f/f6| 0.42675 0.01470 0.29506 0.42912 0.75740 0.43519 ΣPPR/ TP4/(IN34 + Σ PPR Σ NPR |Σ NPR| IN12/f IN56/f TP4 + IN45) 1.908340.44990 4.24172 1.58467 0.18798 0.57163 |f1/f2| |f2/f3| (TP1 + IN12)/TP2(TP6 + IN56)/TP5 0.03446 20.06584 0.63354 4.25717 HOS InTL HOS/HOIInS/HOS ODT % TDT % 39.97030 35.70360 9.99258 0.35580 −62.24810 46.74580HVT51 HVT52 HVT61 HVT62 HVT62/HOI HVT62/HOS 0 0 0.00000 3.06614 0.766540.07671 |InRS61|/ |InRS62|/ TP2/TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS61 InRS62 TP6 TP63.32806 1.15546 1.54659 −0.07550 0.40094 0.01957 VSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0VTFS3 VTFS7 −0.000 −0.005 −0.005 −0.000 −0.010 −0.000 VSMTF0 VSMTF3VSMTF7 VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.659 0.607 0.538 0.659 0.547 0.464 ISFS0ISFS3 ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 −0.000 −0.005 −0.005 −0.000 −0.005 −0.005ISMTF0 ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.770 0.753 0.754 0.770 0.7420.615 FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.000 −0.003 −0.003 0.000

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 7 and Table 8.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Fourth Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 6.4578 HIF111/HOI 1.6144 SGI1110.4542 |SGI111|/(SGI111| + TP1) 0.1808 HIF221 2.0060 HIF221/HOI 0.5015SGI221 −0.0479 |SGI221|/(SGI221| + TP2) 0.0039 HIF321 3.7488 HIF321/HOI0.9372 SGI321 −0.7504 |SGI321|/(SGI321| + TP3) 0.1679 HIF411 2.2168HIF411/HOI 0.5542 SGI411 0.1661 |SGI411|/(SGI411| + TP4) 0.0491 HIF5113.0141 HIF511/HOI 0.7535 SGI511 −0.3265 |SGI511|/(SGI511| + TP5) 0.2343HIF521 3.1840 HIF521/HOI 0.7960 SGI521 1.0605 |SGI521|/(SGI521| + TP5)0.4984 HIF621 2.1157 HIF621/HOI 0.5289 SGI621 −0.1117|SGI621|/(SGI621| + TP6) 0.0281

Fifth Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 5A to 5E. FIG. 5A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the fifth embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 5B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5C is acharacteristic diagram of modulation transfer of the visible lightaccording to the fifth embodiment of the present application. FIG. 5D isa diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 5A, in the order from an object side to an image side, the opticalimage capturing system includes a first lens element 510, a second lenselement 520, a third lens element 530, an aperture stop 500, a fourthlens element 540, a fifth lens element 550, a sixth lens element 560, anIR-bandstop filter 580, an image plane 590, and an image sensing device592.

The first lens element 510 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 510 has a convex object-sidesurface 512 and a concave image-side surface 514, and both object-sidesurface 512 and image-side surface 514 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 512 thereof has one inflection point.

The second lens element 520 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 520 has a concave object-sidesurface 522 and a convex image-side surface 524, and both object-sidesurface 522 and image-side surface 524 are aspheric.

The third lens element 530 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 530 has a convex object-sidesurface 532 and a convex image-side surface 534, and both object-sidesurface 532 and image-side surface 534 are aspheric. The image-sidesurface 534 thereof has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 540 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 540 has a convex object-sidesurface 542 and a convex image-side surface 544. Both object-sidesurface 542 and image-side surface 544 are aspheric.

The fifth lens element 550 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 550 has a concave object-sidesurface 552 and a convex image-side surface 554. Both object-sidesurface 552 and image-side surface 554 are aspheric. The image-sidesurface 554 thereof has one inflection point.

The sixth lens element 560 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 560 has a convex object-sidesurface 562 and a concave image-side surface 564. Both object-sidesurface 562 and image-side surface 564 are aspheric. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, theincident angle of the off-axis rays can be reduced effectively, therebyfurther correcting the off-axis aberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 580 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the sixth lens element 560 and the image plane 590 withoutaffecting the focal length of the optical image capturing system.

Table 9 and Table 10 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 9 Lens Parameters for the Fifth Embodiment f(focal length) = 3.326mm; f/HEP = 1.82; HAF(half angle of view) = 100 deg Surface ThicknessRefractive Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index Abbe No.Length 0 Object 1E+18 1E+18 1 Lens 1 53.27333908 5.049 Plastic 1.54455.96 −9.623 2 4.620825358 7.728 3 Lens 2 6.444926741 5.836 Plastic1.544 55.96 −528.028 4 −8.700162652 0.589 5 Lens 3 18.56520374 3.538Plastic 1.630 24.67 28.941 6 −1514.541561 3.393 7 Aperture Stop 1E+180.500 8 Lens 4 7.96464892 4.768 Plastic 1.535 56.13 7.024 9 −5.6674705440.582 10 Lens 5 −5.196659282 1.000 Plastic 1.643 22.47 −9.043 11−49.6050384 1.632 12 Lens 6 6.282648769 3.329 Plastic 1.535 56.13 13.09813 47.92012226 0.986 14 IR-bandstop 1E+18 1.000 BK_7 1.517 64.13 Filter15 1E+18 0.996 16 Image Plane 1E+18 0.104 Reference Wavelength = 555 nm;shield position: The 6^(th) surface with effective aperture radius of3.0 mm, the 10^(th) surface with effective aperture radius of 2.6 mm.

TABLE 10 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Fifth Embodiment Table 10:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k −4.485345E+00 −1.614099E−01  0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 −3.865135E+01 −4.477662E−01  A₄ 1.446209E−05 2.993064E−05 4.353085E−04 −5.846935E−05 −1.853708E−04  1.937483E−04 2.219277E−04 A₆ −4.467507E−08 −6.940177E−07  2.584091E−06 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₈ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 SurfaceNo. 9 10 11 12 13 k 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₄ 5.432574E−04 5.527727E−04 3.759877E−04 −1.846794E−04 3.373961E−04 A₆ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₈ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00

In the fifth embodiment, the form of the aspheric surface equation issimilar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, the definitions ofparameters in following tables are similar to those in the firstembodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 9 and Table 10:

Fifth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) MTFE0 MTFE3MTFE7 MTFQ0 MTFQ3 MTFQ7 0.53 0.5 0.53 0.31 0.23 0.35 ETP1 ETP2 ETP3 ETP4ETP5 ETP6 5.118 5.850 3.519 4.664 1.060 3.281 ETP1/TP1 ETP2/TP2 ETP3/TP3ETP4/TP4 ETP5/TP5 ETP6/TP6 1.014 1.002 0.995 0.978 1.060 0.986 ETL EBLETN EIR PIR EIN/ETL 41.023 3.079 37.944 0.979 0.986 0.925 SETP/EINEIR/PIR SETP STP SETP/STP BL 0.619 0.993 23.492 23.521 0.999 2.946 ED12ED23 ED34 ED45 ED56 EBL/BL 7.599 0.647 3.937 0.576 1.694 1.0451 SED SINSED/SIN ED12/ED23 ED23/ED34 ED34/ED45 14.452 14.423 0.999 6.120 0.238141.444 ED12/ ED23/ ED34/ IN12 IN23 IN34 ED45/IN45 ED56/IN56 ED45/ED560.983 1.099 1.011 0.990 1.038 0.008 |f/f1| |f/f2| |f/f3| |f/f4| |f/f5||f/f6| 0.34562 0.00630 0.11492 0.47351 0.36779 0.25394 TP4/(IN34 + Σ PPRΣ NPR Σ PPR/|Σ NPR| IN12/f IN56/f TP4 + IN45) 1.18693 0.37516 3.163792.32341 0.49054 0.51589 |f1/f2| |f2/f3| (TP1 + IN12)/TP2 (TP6 +IN56)/TP5 0.01822 18.24486 2.18914 4.96057 HOS InTL HOS/HOI InS/HOS ODT% TDT % 40.88990 37.94350 10.22248 0.36090 −112.17200 89.31860 HVT51HVT52 HVT61 HVT62 HVT62/HOI HVT62/HOS 0 0 0.00000 0.00000 0.000000.00000 TP2/ TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS61 InRS62 |InRS61|/TP6 |InRS62|/TP6 1.649630.74195 1.72609 0.28628 0.51850 0.08599 VSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0 VTFS3VTFS7 0.010 −0.000 0.010 0.010 0.020 0.005 VSMTF0 VSMTF3 VSMTF7 VTMTF0VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.319 0.315 0.241 0.319 0.325 0.238 ISFS0 ISFS3 ISFS7ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 −0.015 −0.025 −0.015 −0.000 0.010 −0.020 ISMTF0 ISMTF3ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.707 0.671 0.555 0.707 0.573 0.516 FS AIFSAVFS AFS 0.025 −0.011 0.009 0.020

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 9 and Table 10.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Fifth Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 13.60600 HIF111/HOI 3.40150 SGI1111.86079 |SGI111|/(|SGI111| + TP1) 0.26930 HIF321 0.53281 HIF321/HOI0.13320 SGI321 −0.00008 |SGI321|/(|SGI321| + TP3) 0.00002 HIF521 2.11667HIF521/HOI 0.52917 SGI521 −0.03763 |SGI521|/(|SGI521| + TP5) 0.03627

Sixth Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 6A to 6E. FIG. 6A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the sixth embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 6B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6C is acharacteristic diagram of modulation transfer of the visible lightaccording to the sixth embodiment of the present application. FIG. 6D isa diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 6A, in the order from an object side to an image side, the opticalimage capturing system includes a first lens element 610, a second lenselement 620, an aperture stop 600, a third lens element 630, a fourthlens element 640, a fifth embodiment 650, a sixth embodiment 660, anIR-bandstop filter 680, an image plane 690, and an image sensing device692.

The first lens element 610 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 610 has a convex object-sidesurface 612 and a concave image-side surface 614, and both object-sidesurface 612 and image-side surface 614 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 612 thereof has one inflection point.

The second lens element 620 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 620 has a convex object-sidesurface 622 and a convex image-side surface 624, and both object-sidesurface 622 and image-side surface 624 are aspheric.

The third lens element 630 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 630 has a convex object-sidesurface 632 and a concave image-side surface 634, and both object-sidesurface 632 and image-side surface 634 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 632 and image-side surface 634 both has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 640 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 640 has a convex object-sidesurface 642 and a convex image-side surface 644, and both object-sidesurface 642 and image-side surface 644 are aspheric. The image-sidesurface 644 thereof has one inflection point.

The fifth lens element 650 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 650 has a convex object-sidesurface 652 and a convex image-side surface 654, and both object-sidesurface 652 and image-side surface 654 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 652 thereof has one inflection point.

The sixth lens element 660 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 660 has a concave object-sidesurface 662 and a convex image-side surface 664, and both object-sidesurface 662 and image-side surface 664 are aspheric. The image-sidesurface 664 thereof has two inflection points. With this configuration,the back focal distance of the optical image capturing system may beshortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, the incident angleof the off-axis rays can be reduced effectively, thereby furthercorrecting the off-axis aberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 680 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the sixth lens element 660 and the image plane 690, withoutaffecting the focal length of the optical image capturing system.

Table 11 and Table 12 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 11 Lens Parameters for the Sixth Embodiment f(focal length) =1.782 mm; f/HEP = 1.8; HAF(half angle of view) = 100 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index AbbeNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 1E+18 1 Lens 1 11.40301147 1.600 Plastic 1.54455.96 −6.154 2 2.466023 14.209 3 Lens 2 15.09372673 12.977 Plastic 1.64322.47 21.573 4 −124.419204 0.259 5 Lens 3 1E+18 0.100 Plastic 69.345047006 1.600 1.643 22.47 −11.645 7 Aperture Stop 3.892601054 0.1228 Lens 4 4.745475115 2.723 Plastic 1.544 55.96 5.477 9 −6.4407991990.100 10 Lens 5 7.911383183 3.691 Plastic 1.544 55.96 5.793 11−4.399273861 0.132 12 Lens 6 −4.142391735 2.211 Plastic 1.643 22.47−10.807 13 −12.2797946 0.100 14 IR-bandsop 1E+18 1.000 BK_7 1.517 64.13Filter 15 1E+18 1.003 16 Image Plane 1E+18 −0.003 Reference Wavelength =555 nm; shield position: The 3^(rd) surface with effective apertureradius of 5.500 mm, the 9^(th) surface with effective aperture radius of3.10 mm.

TABLE 12 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Sixth Embodiment Table 12:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k −8.714925E+00−8.531935E−01 0.000000E+00 9.000000E+01 −3.146750E+01  0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₄ −2.143102E−05 −6.378278E−04 8.257268E−05 −7.346958E−03 −9.782609E−03 −1.403185E−02 −5.839005E−03  A₆  3.319173E−08−1.567871E−06 4.683632E−06 9.008039E−04  1.598321E−04  4.311070E−043.151790E−05 A₈  3.588321E−12  2.810526E−07 −1.025546E−07 −9.095746E−05   4.235234E−05 −2.586077E−06 2.380605E−05 A₁₀−4.336134E−14 −7.995562E−09 1.745389E−09 5.193861E−06 −6.713483E−06−1.985345E−06 −1.648750E−06  Surface No. 9 10 11 12 13 k 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00 −1.222605E−01 −7.556274E+01 A₄−3.739709E−04  −5.359294E−04 −1.069060E−03 −1.080208E−04  2.752052E−03A₆ 8.710634E−05 −7.352054E−06  2.113555E−04  1.458128E−04 −2.593067E−04A₈ 6.775350E−06 −2.286943E−07 −3.732008E−07  −1.29455E−06  4.561757E−06A₁₀ −3.423130E−07  −4.542919E−08 −5.698876E−09  8.829006E−08−1.308180E−08

In the sixth embodiment, the form of the aspheric surface equation issimilar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, the definitions ofparameters in following tables are similar to those in the firstembodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 11 and Table 12:

Sixth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) MTFE0 MTFE3MTFE7 MTFQ0 MTFQ3 MTFQ7 0.91 0.89 0.75 0.78 0.75 0.55 ETP1 ETP2 ETP3ETP4 ETP5 ETP6 1.637 12.968 1.618 2.681 3.649 2.230 ETP1/TP1 ETP2/TP2ETP3/TP3 ETP4/TP4 ETP5/TP5 ETP6/TP6 1.023 0.999 1.011 0.984 0.989 1.009ETL EBL ETN EIR PIR EIN/ETL 41.814 2.109 39.705 0.109 0.100 0.950SETP/EIN EIR/PIR SETP STP SETP/STP BL 0.624 1.090 24.783 24.801 0.9992.100 ED12 ED23 ED34 ED45 ED56 EBL/BL 14.170 0.372 0.117 0.133 0.1311.0042 SED SIN SED/SIN ED12/ED23 ED23/ED34 ED34/ED45 14.922 14.923 1.00038.079 3.177 0.883 ED12/ ED23/ ED34/ IN12 IN23 IN34 ED45/IN45 ED56/IN56ED45/ED56 0.997 1.036 0.959 1.327 0.988 1.016 |f/f1| |f/f2| |f/f3||f/f4| |f/f5| |f/f6| 0.28961 0.08262 0.15306 0.32541 0.30765 0.16493TP4/(IN34 + Σ PPR Σ NPR Σ PPR/|Σ NPR| IN12/f IN56/f TP4 + IN45) 0.922670.40060 2.30321 7.97235 0.07419 0.92459 |f1/f2| |f2/f3| (TP1 + IN12)/TP2(TP6 + IN56)/TP5 0.28527 1.85263 1.21828 0.63499 HOS InTL HOS/HOIInS/HOS ODT % TDT % 41.82420 39.72420 10.45605 0.30554 −95.93400101.45300 HVT51 HVT52 HVT61 HVT62 HVT62/HOI HVT62/HOS 0 0 0.000000.00000 0.00000 0.00000 TP2/ |InRS62|/ TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS61 InRS62|InRS61|/TP6 TP6 8.11044 0.58759 −1.66636 −0.42784 0.75359 0.19349 VSFS0VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0 VTFS3 VTFS7 0.005 −0.005 −0.000 0.005 −0.005 0.015VSMTF0 VSMTF3 VSMTF7 VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.766 0.766 0.657 0.766 0.7380.418 ISFS0 ISFS3 ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 0.035 0.030 0.030 0.035 0.0300.035 ISMTF0 ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.782 0.757 0.525 0.7820.736 0.284 FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.030 0.033 0.003 0.030

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 11 and Table 12:

Values Related to Inflection Point of Sixth Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 7.1998 HIF111/HOI 1.7999 SGI1111.4529 |SGI111|/(|SGI111| + TP1) 0.4759 HIF321 1.5296 HIF321/HOI 0.3824SGI321 0.2416 |SGI321|/(|SGI321| + TP3) 0.1312 HIF421 2.8974 HIF421/HOI0.7243 SGI421 −0.6439 |SGI421|/(|SGI421| + TP4) 0.1913 HIF511 3.2911HIF511/HOI 0.8228 SGI511 0.6349 |SGI511|/(|SGI511| + TP5) 0.1468 HIF6211.2651 HIF621/HOI 0.3163 SGI621 −0.0497 |SGI621|/(|SGI621| + TP6) 0.0220HIF622 2.1190 HIF622/HOI 0.5298 SGI622 −0.0970 |SGI622|/(|SGI622| + TP6)0.0420

Although the present invention is disclosed by the aforementionedembodiments, those embodiments do not serve to limit the scope of thepresent invention. A person skilled in the art could perform variousalterations and modifications to the present invention, withoutdeparting from the spirit and the scope of the present invention. Hence,the scope of the present invention should be defined by the followingappended claims.

Despite the fact that the present invention is specifically presentedand illustrated with reference to the exemplary embodiments thereof, itshould be apparent to a person skilled in the art that, variousmodifications could be performed to the forms and details of the presentinvention, without departing from the scope and spirit of the presentinvention defined in the claims and their equivalence.

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element with refractive power; a sixth lens element with refractive power; a first image plane, which is an image plane specifically for visible light and perpendicular to an optical axis; a through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at a first spatial frequency having a maximum value at central field of view of the first image plane; and a second image plane, which is an image plane specifically for infrared light and perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency having a maximum value at central of field of view of the second image plane; wherein the optical image capturing system comprises six lens elements with refractive powers, and the optical image capturing system has a maximum image height HOI on the first image plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis; at least one of the six lens elements has positive refractive power; focal lengths of the six lens elements are respectively f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 and f6, and a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f, and an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP; a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the first image plane is HOS, a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is InTL, half of a maximum viewable angle of the optical image capturing system is denoted by HAF; a distance on the optical axis between the first image plane and the second image plane is denoted by FS; At least one of the first to sixth elements are made of plastic, thicknesses of the first through sixth lens elements at a height of ½ HEP and in parallel with the optical axis are ETP1, ETP2, ETP3, ETP4, ETP5 and ETP6, respectively; a sum of ETP1 to ETP6 is SETP, thicknesses of the first through sixth lens elements on the optical axis are TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4, TP5 and TP6, respectively; a sum of TP1 to TP6 is STP, and the following conditions are satisfied: 1.0≦f/HEP≦10.0, 0 deg<HAF≦150 deg, 0.2≦SETP/STP<1, and |FS|≦60 μm.
 2. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a wavelength of the infrared light ranges from 700 nm to 1300 nm, and the first spatial frequency is denoted by SP1, which satisfies the following condition: SP1≦440 cycles/mm.
 3. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at a height of ½ HEP to the first image plane is ETL, a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from the coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at the height of ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at a height of ½ HEP is EIN, and the following condition is satisfied: 0.2≦EIN/ETL<1.
 4. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein there is an air gap between any pair of adjacent lens elements among the six lens elements.
 5. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following condition: HOS/HOI≧1.2.
 6. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from the coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at the height of ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at the height of ½ HEP is EIN, which satisfies the condition as follows: 0.2≦SETP/EIN<1.
 7. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at the height of ½ HEP to the first image plane is EBL, a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from an axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element to the first image plane is BL, and conditions as follows are satisfied: 0.1≦EBL/BL≦1.1.
 8. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, further comprising an aperture stop, wherein a distance from the aperture stop to the first image plane on the optical axis is InS, which satisfies condition as follows: 0.2≦InS/HOS≦1.1.
 9. An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element with refractive power; a sixth lens element with refractive power; a first image plane, which is an image plane specifically for visible light and perpendicular to an optical axis; a through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at a first spatial frequency having a maximum value at central field of view of the first image plane, and the first spatial frequency being 110 cycles/mm; and a second image plane, which is an image plane specifically for infrared light and perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency having a maximum value at central of field of view of the second image plane, and the first spatial frequency being 110 cycles/mm, wherein the optical image capturing system comprises six lens elements with refractive powers; the optical image capturing system has a maximum image height HOI on the first image plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis; at least one of the six elements has positive refractive power; focal lengths of the six lens elements are respectively f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 and f6; a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f; an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is denoted by HEP; a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the first image plane is HOS, a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is InTL, and half of a maximum viewable angle of the optical image capturing system is denoted by HAF; a distance on the optical axis between the first image plane and the second image plane is denoted by FS; a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at a height of ½ HEP to the first image plane is ETL, a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from the coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at the height of ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at a height of ½ HEP is EIN, wherein at least two lens elements of the first to sixth lens elements are made of plastic, and conditions as follows are satisfied: 1≦f/HEP≦10, 0 deg<HAF≦150 deg, 0.2≦EIN/ETL<1, and |FS|≦60 μm.
 10. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein there is an air gap between any pair of adjacent lens elements among the six lens elements.
 11. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein modulation transfer rates of visible light at spatial frequency of 110 cycles/mm at positions of the optical axis, 0.3 HOT and 0.7 HOI on the first image plane are respectively denoted by MTFQ0, MTFQ3 and MTFQ7, and conditions as follows are satisfied: MTFQ0≦0.2, MTFQ3≦0.01, and MTFQ7≦0.01.
 12. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following condition: HOS/HOI≦1.4.
 13. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein at least one lens element among the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element is a filtering element for light with wavelength of less than 500 nm.
 14. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein the central thickness of the first lens element to the sixth lens element on the optical axis is TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4, TP5 and TP6, the sum of TP1 to TP6 is STP, conditions as follows are satisfied: 0.1≦TP2/STP≦0.5; 0.02≦TP3/STP≦0.5.
 15. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein a distance on the optical axis between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element is IN56, which satisfies condition as follows: 0<IN56/f≦5.0.
 16. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein a distance on the optical axis between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element is IN56, and central thicknesses of the fifth and sixth lens elements on the optical axis are TP5 and TP6, respectively; the following conditions are satisfied: 0.1≦(TP6+IN56)/TP5≦50.
 17. The optical image capturing system of claim 9, wherein at least one lens element among the first to sixth lens elements has at least one inflection point on at least one surface thereof.
 18. An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens element with refractive power; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power; a fourth lens element with refractive power; a fifth lens element with refractive power; a sixth lens element with refractive power; a first average image plane, which is an image plane specifically for visible light and perpendicular to an optical axis; the first average image plane being installed at the average position of the defocusing positions, where through-focus modulation transfer rates (values of MTF) of the visible light at central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are respectively at corresponding maximum value at a first spatial frequency; the first spatial frequency being 110 cycles/mm; and a second average image plane, which is an image plane specifically for infrared light and perpendicular to the optical axis; the second average image plane being installed at the average position of the defocusing positions, where through-focus modulation transfer rates of the infrared light (values of MTF) at central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are at their respective maximum at the first spatial frequency; the first spatial frequency being 110 cycles/mm; wherein the optical image capturing system comprises six lens elements with refractive powers; the optical image capturing system has a maximum image height HOI on the first average image plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis; focal lengths of the first lens element to the sixth lens elements are f1, 12, f3, f4, f5 and f6, respectively; a focal length of the optical image capturing system is f; an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP; a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the first average image plane is HOS; a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is InTL, half of a maximum viewable angle of the optical image capturing system is denoted by HAF; a distance on the optical axis between the first average image plane and the second average image plane is denoted by AFS; thicknesses of the first through sixth lens elements at a height of ½ HEP and in parallel with the optical axis are ETP1, ETP2, ETP3, ETP4, ETP5 and ETP6, respectively; a sum of ETP1 to ETP6 is SETP, thicknesses of the first through sixth lens elements on the optical axis are TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4, TP5 and TP6, respectively; a sum of TP1 to TP6 is STP, The first to sixth lens elements are all made of plastic, and conditions as follows are satisfied: 1.0≦f/HEP≦10.0, 0 deg<HAF≦150 deg, 0.2≦SETP/STP<1, and |AFS|≦60 μm.
 19. The optical image capturing system of claim 18, wherein a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from a coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at a height of ½ HEP to the first average image plane is ETL, a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from the coordinate point on the object-side surface of the first lens element at the height of ½ HEP to a coordinate point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element at a height of ½ HEP is EIN, and the following condition is satisfied: 0.2≦EIN/ETL<1.
 20. The optical image capturing system of claim 18, wherein there is an air gap between any pair of adjacent lens elements among the six lens elements.
 21. The optical image capturing system of claim 18, wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies the following condition: HOS/HOI≧1.6.
 22. The optical image capturing system of claim 18, wherein a linear magnification of an image formed by the optical image capturing system on the second average image plane is LM, which satisfies the following condition: LM≧0.0003.
 23. The optical image capturing system of claim 18, further comprising an aperture stop and an image sensing device; wherein the image sensing device is disposed on the first average image plane and comprises at least 100 thousand pixels, a distance on the optical axis from the aperture stop to the first average image plane is InS; condition as follows is satisfied: 0.2≦InS/HOS≦1.1. 